Mass Difference: The Bhuttos and Civil Society

Re: # 16
Excellent post Khazina. I am in agreement with you. However, Mr. MeraPakistan is exhibiting exactly the same kind of mentality Nadeem F. Paracha has written about in this article. But amanaslam has done well to answer Mr. MeraPakistan without sounding narrow and childish.

#11 Post: "Bill Clinton was impeached about having sex with Monica, wasn't that personal?"

This is totally inaccurate. Bill Clinton was never impeached!

Dear Mr Paracha

I agree with many of your concerns but not with the analysis/theory you present. If you look up the term "bourgeois" in dictionery, some of the meanings are " middle-class; conventionally respectable and unimaginative, humdrum; selfishly materialistic; capitalistic, reactionary..". I wonder why we need to complain then...

As regards the populist party theory that you've suggested, I beg to diasagree ... Populist parties do not operate on the BUSINESS MODEL of an anarchy... If we let people choose their leaders in the real sense, I don't think we would see many of the faces we now see. Lack of political will of the majority, and vested interests of some .... that is the political scenario of Pakistan these days in my opinion. Of course I am no authority on the subject.

Needless to re-iterate that it was a very sad incident at the december end. I wish the nation dealt with it with a much greater maturity.

Okay now - in our history class, we are told that ZAB was responsible for 1971. He was, but so were everyone else at that time.

people who do not even spare the sad occasion of death,and say unkind things, do not want to just hurt.they want to ensure that they unlike the sensitive folk, will not bend even a sliver from their rigid outlook;sothat they may not speak forgivingly about the deceased.which quality (forgiveness) an occasion of death is known to provide to many normal thinking people, even if they had differences before.such people want to shock others, more than anything else.there is something much more wrong with these people than simply wanting to hurt and be unkind.
‘evolutionary struggle’- a fascinating term. as we know what evolution is, why would ‘evolutionary’ be viewed and acknowledged in the past only?evolutionary changes take place anyway even without conscious struggle.and this changing process results in stages which can be identified-a sure prognostic view! your description of the classes which influence socio-political change, is accurate and interesting and helps one to get such a view. things should grow better towards a higher state of development, ought they not? that’ s evolution!

Multiple personality syndrome is what great number of Pakistanis suffer from, one personality for the public and another for personal consumption.
The primary criteria for creating Pakistan was based upon acquiring a homeland for "Muslims", those who vowed to found Pakistan always identified it to be a homeland for Muslims. Now that we have it Muslims are still here but Islam is discarded, Islam is not only about praying towards Kabatullah five times a day but it goes farther and offers a complete code of life for those who consider to be faithful to Islam.
Violation of Islamic codes be it by the ruler or ruled ones be it in private or public, it is a public matter, when one choses an individual to lead prayers the criteria is to assure that the leader is of appropriate character.
Up until 70's if one applied for a civil service career his/her background was investigated by the concerning authorities the references provided in the applications were checked and interviewed before offering the position. Similarly in that era when one applied for passport an investigative officer used to visit and interview the neighbors and acquaintances.
With regards to jobs this is practice is in convention in the USA even today.
If the nation of "infidels" (as labeled by most Muslims) if this can be practiced in USA what is the big deal if the character of a politician wishing to lead the nation of Muslims is scrutinized?
If we being a nation of Muslims claiming to be Islamic Republic are looking to find ways to separate our personalities at work and afterwards then what we are exercising is known as hypocrisy by the standards of our very own faith.
Hello! where are you?
One cannot ride two horses at the same time.
Similarly we canot maintain dual or multiple personalities leading a public and private life differently and unless we give up this fantasy we will never be successful in our lives.
Walah Alam bil thawab