Open Letter to General Musharraf I commend Dr.Faruqui for a very thoughtful letter

to the Genral.The real spoilers are those generals

who grab the powers under pretext of setting the

house in order as they say the previous civilion

government had destroyed nearly every thing and

their continuation was not in the interest of

the country. And they declare that they would not

stay a minute longer once they set the house in

order, and that they would go back to their barracks. But they never set the country right,

and so they never leave, unless forced to.In

every civilian government, the ministries of

Foreign Affairs and Defence are controlled by the

top generals.They dont allow the civilian governments to normalize relations with India, as the army would be cut to the size and this will reduce their traditional importance and that they

will have to work under a civilian goverment, to which they not accostomed to now.

After having said this, I must confess the even

so called elected civilian governments equally proved disastrous. Each government destroyed the

fragile institutions, pludered the wealth and

promoted corruption, and misuse their powers. As

per Nixon`s defination of leader, they were those

who thought what power would do to them, and not

what they will do the power. They were not men of

history. In fact they proved third rated leaders.

What we now need are honest and dedicated leaders

who care more about poor families, rather than their own, who restore and consolidate the institutions and provide basic amenities like job,

health and education to the masses.Difficult task

though considering mutiple problems and meager

resources at hands