Byline: Aijaz Zaka Syed
WHAT luck for rulers that men do not think, said Adolf Hitler. The Fuhrer should know, having proved himself a successful, if rather reviled, leader of men.
Successive rulers of Pakistan seem to have been driven by this cynical piece of wisdom. They come to power with the noblest of intentions and promises but always end up as the prisoners of their own delusions of grandeur.
The Greek philosopher-playwright Sophocles had warned the leaders against hubris, the fatal flaw that destroys all heroes. In the case of Pakistan, and many other Muslim countries, this has been the norm, rather than the exception. Almost everyone who has been chosen for the onerous responsibility of leading the first country that was created in the name of Islam has done everything to discredit Mohammed Ali Jinnah's utopia.
Whether men in khaki or feudal …
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