This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "About the 'flourishing democracy'" carried by Business Recorder on Tuesday. The writer, A. B. Shahid, has raised some very profound points that require our rulers in particular to reflect somberly.
According to him, for example, "Any new regime in Sindh or in Islamabad comprising of the same parliamentarians' lot can't improve governance because, like puppets, new cabinet ministers will abide by the dictate of their unchanged party leadership that, over the decades, has established beyond doubt that its priority is self-benefit, not meeting the crying needs of the country and its economy."
Seen through the prism of optimism, however, the situation is not irreversible. Our rulers are fully mindful of the fact that it is mis-governance that has created a threat to the present system than anything else. That is why Asif Ali Zardari lost no time in replacing an extraordinarily loyal Syed Qaim Ali Shah with Syed Murad Ali Shah. Nawaz too will be taking a similar step anytime soon with a view to forestalling the derailing of the system.