Two heroes

This refers to a news item “Zardari as presidential candidate”. No doubt Zardari is a candidate but Pakistan has two heroes to be nominated as presidential candidate. The first is Dr A.Q. Khan who lives in the hearts and souls of 160 million Pakistanis. He will give pride to our nation as our next president. The second hero has emerged out of the candidature of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari. His name is Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. As the next president Mr. Zardari will never restore the judiciary. Therefore, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry will not be restored as Chief Justice. In September 2007, the election commission allowed government servants to contest for public offices while still in service or in uniform. Therefore, I suggest PML(N) and APDM should come up with their own candidates – the two national heroes Dr A.Q. Khan and Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. I do hope one of them will beat the “new face of Musharraf”.

Bashir Hussain Azad
Chitral