Sir you are highly mistaken. Our general and politicians will remain the same corrupt slaves theyalways have been. What u r seeing is temporary to gain voter/ public sympathy. Chor gain sub
In support to you, This was published prior to the latest NATO strike on Pakistan:
November 27, 2011
Corruption and runaway economy
Squandering of Pakistan's resources by Zardari government to win votes will add to nation's woes
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari may be keeping a brave face but he has clearly had a challenging week. It all began with the replacement of his chosen ambassador to Washington, caught in a controversy over the alleged use of the government's influence for inviting US pressure upon Pakistan's army. The week ended with yet another setback when Pakistan's Supreme Court rejected a plea by the ruling regime to review a major verdict that previously undid a blanket immunity given to politicians and key officials accused of corruption.
In the coming days and weeks, Zardari and his coterie of ruling politicians from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are bound to be focused squarely on how best to extricate themselves from the fallout of these recent setbacks. Will it be a court battle or a diplomatic success that will help Pakistan's rulers steer themselves out of their predicament?
Indeed, that may be the question that Zardari and other members of the ruling coterie are asking themselves as they work to stabilise their own positions. Yet, even a half convincing answer to these questions bears little relevance to the monumental set of challenges that Pakistan faces today.
The country is already beginning to be immersed in an election cycle. Across Pakistan, key opposition parties have now begun preparations for gaining support of their constituents ahead of the next elections. In some respects, Pakistan has entered a risk phase in its history, not least due to the country's overall adverse security conditions and the danger of prominent politicians being targeted. As significant for the future of Pakistan is indeed the danger of Zardari's government becoming even more reckless than before in managing what clearly appears to be a runaway economy. Going through a year-long election cycle will essentially mean that an already wasteful government will likely become even less responsible than before. A speedier squandering of Pakistan's resources through populist measures to win votes for an increasingly unpopular ruling structure will only add further to the economic ruin.
Meanwhile, on the street, the challenges that Zardari appears to consider important enough to address immediately, have little relevance to the future of the country's population. For ordinary Pakistanis, there may be little interest in who gets sent to the US capital as Pakistan's ambassador, given that such a diplomatic posting will make no difference to the quality of lives across the country.
Deeper implications
And while there is widespread and growing hope for the ruling class to depart from the scene, a battle in the Supreme Court will become significant only when it is clear that Pakistan is about to be gifted with a long overdue uplift in its quality of government. This mood across Pakistan flows from widespread stories of corruption in high places that have frequently made the rounds in the past three years since Zardari and his lot from the PPP came to power after elections in 2008. While the government loses out on popular sentiment, Pakistan's dangerous weakening has deep-rooted implications, both for its internal stability and external challenges.
Yesterday, the Pakistani government ordered an immediate suspension of a truck supply facility given via Pakistan to western troops stationed in Afghanistan, after a western helicopter flew in to Pakistan's territory from Afghanistan, attacked a border post and by some accounts killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers. In the coming days and weeks, it is possible that Pakistan will come around to removing the restrictions on the trucks after a face-saving solution is found. Tragically, this will be a repeat of a previous episode when a similar ban following a similar attack, was eventually lifted.
To make matters worse, though, Pakistan is hardly in a position to defend itself even when the country's physical sovereignty is infringed. The country's deep rooted dependence on the outside world, given its many internal contradictions and a continued failure to reform, has simply eroded its ability to stand up even where it has the legitimate right to do so.
For rulers like Zardari, any argument that blames the government for its failure to reform Pakistan and enable it to defend its legitimate rights, may simply be stretching the limits of legitimate debate. But then, can anyone expect better from the head of state in Pakistan whose ability to grasp the true meaning of reforms has proven to be so inadequate?
Farhan Bokhari is a Pakistan-based commentator who writes on political and economic matters.
http://gulfnews.com/opinions/columnists/corruption-and-runaway-economy-1.937983
