How can men who have taken an oath to pledge loyalty to another country, encouraged their children to do the same, shifted all their black and white money to their newly adopted countries of residence, after having reaped benefits of holding important portfolios such as allotment of plots etc, dare sit in judgment on Baloch leaders like Late Nawab Akbar Bugti? The late head of Bugti tribe chose to live and die in Pakistan, refusing to seek foreign passports, which he could easily have acquired.
This hypocrites assuming unto themselves the role of custodians and giving certificates of patriotism are given more than their due share of air time by electronic media of Pakistan. Can former civil servants and those who gainfully served in the Foreign Service of Pakistan and its uniformed and sensitive services tell us how many other sovereign nations in developed or developing world allow such betrayals? Men with split loyalties should think twice before casting aspersions on the loyalty of men like Akbar Bugti. The problem with such individuals is that they prefer to seek gainful employment, do business, become analysts and aspire for construction contracts within Pakistan, because here they can indulge in tax evasion and other irregularities which they cannot do in their newly adopted countries.
As long as Pakistan’s economic policies and issues of national interest are in the hands of men with split loyalties, this country will continue to be insecure for those who consider it their motherland.
MALIK TARIQ ALI
Lahore
