Thanks Allah there is no proposal on the PM’s table for the Sale of Pakistan

When you have a trader, a merchant, a ‘debit-credit’ man at the helm of affairs in a country, you can expect any kind of catastrophe any time. Most countries in the world happen to have already celebrated ‘good riddance’ on this account. Thaksin of Thailand, and Burlusconi of Italy were the last ‘significant’ trading prime ministers in the world. Unfortunately our beloved Pakistan has yet to celebrate good riddance—not only in this area, but also in the area of mega corruption of monumental proportions.
Mian Nawaz Sharif has been able to carve his way into power three times in about quarter of a century. Meaning thereby that the people of this country are not uncomfortable with the hazards of having a trading ruler at the top. His alternative in the rival party Mr Asif Ali Zardari is not primarily known as a businessman— but his biographers in the future may credit him with the unique distinction of having transformed Corruption into a highly profitable business— infact the business of all businesses. There is no ‘ruling out’ the probability that he may well be engaged in ‘conventional’ businesses too— considering the fact that he directly or indirectly owns more sugar mills than even the Mian family.
This subject of ‘trading rulers’ has come up in my mind on reading a report that Mian Nawaz Sharif is expected to decide soon the fate of the Pakistan-owned Chancery Building in London which houses the Pakistan High Commission. A proposal to sell this high-value property in the heart of London has been on his table for some time now.
No such proposal could have reached his table unless desired by him. In June this year a presentation too in this connection was made to him. The delay in decision might well have been caused by the realization on the part of our trading prime minister that the mood of the Military couldn’t be overly trusted.
For the relief of the nation, it can be categorically stated that no proposal for the Sale of Pakistan has yet arrived on the table of Mian Nawaz Sharif.
23-09-2015