The release of confidential cables of diplomatic community has reminded us of childhood story of Aladdins genie in which the genie would stay in the bottle and would come out of it only to fulfil the wishes of its master. But, in this case the situation is totally in reverse as the Aladdin seems to be trying to put the genie back in to fulfil his wishes rather than keep it out.
As far as Pakistan is concerned, it has faced even worse. The WikiLeaks buzz has been around the whole world as Pakistan is once again surrounded with a lot of controversy linked to War on Terror.
There is no doubt that the issue has created great sensationalism but let us not turn our back to the fact that it has also provided us an opportunity to be realistic. How do we fair in the world’s eyes? How strong or weak we are in the comity of the nations? These are some of the questions that need to be answered very clearly.
All of our problems are like a rogue genie that has just popped out of the bottle and is not willing to get back in again. Putting it back in must be our top priority as the global repute of Pakistan as a sovereign state is at risk now.
ALI HAMDANI
Texas, USA
