Compliments to Ali Rizvi for his fabulous opinion item published in the March 4 issue. I totally agree with what he has presented as it conforms to my long-held views. Yes, he may receive oodles of hate mail but the fact of the matter is that this is an eye-opener.
Pakistanis are gradually becoming hostage to the mullah bigotry, self-imposed silence, and blaming everyone but ourselves. Pakistanis tend to adopt the demagoguery of politicians and rabble-rousers as the Gospel truth. Pakistanis generally accept, like zombies, that corruption, shortages, inflation and waste are everyday things that would disappear once a few tyres are burnt, a few protest rallies taken out, or a few boisterous sessions on TV channels are aired.
Alas, all that happens is that Pakistanis keep sucking lollipops laced with tranquilisers and like LSD addicts feel that they are on Cloud Nine.
Duniya mein Qateel us sa munafiq nahin,
Jo zulm toh sehta hai, baghawat nahin karta
MAJYD AZIZ
Karachi
