Political Grace And Sagacity.

It is vital for a country created through a constitutional political struggle, to allow democracy to flourish. Our politicians must show grace and magnanimity in victory and defeat at the polls, by submitting to the will of the people. It is the will of people that must prevail and not the egotistic pursuits of individuals, nor the cult-like blind attachment of their followers. The political bickering has increased recently to a dangerous level, creating dissension within Pakistan and amongst the expatriate community to an extent that is dangerous.

Unlike the united Indian expatriate community, who can neither vote in India, nor are allowed dual nationality, Pakistanis are divided along party lines and hence cannot serve as lobbyists for Pakistan in the countries where they live. The recent incident where members of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America were rude to the sitting Federal Minister for Planning and Development was very unbecoming of educated...