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My encounter with Jalib
Posted by Critiq May 23, 2000 09:11 pm
Sac,

Nice change of Pace! Look forward to more articles from you.

Critiq



The Beautiful Dawn
Posted by Critiq May 16, 2000 08:09 pm
Nice dream. If you put your mind to it, you can probably do it too - at least the Pakistani part. After all, you achieve only what you can dream.

This is a matter of concern though:

`` The Prime Minister of Pakistan whom the people refer to as Quaid e Azam saani, has singlehandedly transformed Pakistan....``

Don`t even DREAM that a single person can transform Pakistan !

Best of luck.



Open Letter to General Musharraf
Posted by Critiq May 15, 2000 12:30 pm
Ferozk #5

`` Do we, the people of Pakistan, believe in the myth of the man on the horse back? No, we do not! Are we looking for a leader to rescue us from the follies of own misquided wisdom of chosing our own tormentors; ``

!!!!??? !!! Am I missing something here ???

Feroze, yours and a few other’s posts indicate that Pakistani`s in general ARE looking for some miraculous savior. It is in line with this thinking that you expect a single person to be all things to all people. When a leader cannot deliver this impossible task it adds to the disappointment & frustration, so much so that that not only do you start screaming for his job but even his imprisonment and even death! If there is a modern day sword of Damocles it must hang on top of the Prime Minister OR the Martial Law administrator of Pakistan.

The dependence on others to do their job is so great, you even expect a simple open letter to address a dozen different things! What can be the harm in the Prof. writing an open letter and expressing himself? Why should it carry the burden of your agenda? Why can`t you write your own letters and carry your own movement?

The problem with too many Pakistanis is they expect someone else to do their work and somehow solve (all)their problems for them. This is true from wanting Non-Residents to send money & run the ministries to getting the US to set the foreign policy.

As long as this attitude exists, you will not get a savior on horseback but one in a battle tank.

Best of Luck!




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