The latest case with the Supreme Court is about the distribution of Rs 1.48 billion to various politicians/political parties by the former ISI Chief through Mr Younis Habib, the ex-chief of Mehran Bank (hearing the petition filed by Air Marshal (retd) Ashgar Khan). In various talk shows on the TV, the common question is how did a clerk of a bank who only had an intermediate degree rose to the highest post of the president of Mehran Bank?
It is definitely a big credit for an intermediate pass person to rise to the top position through his sheer hard work (may not be a professional effort). We have many more such examples in our beloved country where, merit or no merit, people have risen to top and on most lucrative appointments like ministers, ambassadors, MDs, Chairpersons etc. But the billion dollar question remains how these unqualified people after reaching the top made properties worth billions of rupees and huge bank balances both in Pakistan and in foreign countries.
In the recent history, we see a person who was recruited as clerk in our FIA and now holding the appointment of interior minister. Similarly we had the infamous DG Hajj Affairs with dubious background, perhaps manager of a night club.
Our all main institutions like Railways, PIA, Pakistan Steel Mills and WAPDA are running in loss for the only reason that we have incompetent and political appointees at top levels. How can we expect progress in this country where we find square pegs in round holes every where? The competent and able people are either leaving the country or are on job hunting with their high profile CVs.
MUHAMMAD AZHAR KHWAJA
Lahore
