I am convinced that it would have been a better Pakistan had ZAB lived. He was not perfect, no one is. But of all the leaders we have had he was the only real ‘leader’. Democracy and institutions were both better in his time and he changed Pakistan for the good. Most importantly by giving ‘voice’ to ordinary Pakistanis. Today’s PPP has abandoned those Pakistanis beyond slogans but Bhutto’s real contribution was that he made the ‘awam’ feel like this was really their country. That has never happened either before him or after him. THAT is why he was great.
I am convinced that it would have been a better Pakistan had ZAB lived. He was not perfect, no one is. But of all the leaders we have had he was the only real ‘leader’. Democracy and institutions were both better in his time and he changed Pakistan for the good. Most importantly by giving ‘voice’ to ordinary Pakistanis. Today’s PPP has abandoned those Pakistanis beyond slogans but Bhutto’s real contribution was that he made the ‘awam’ feel like this was really their country. That has never happened either before him or after him. THAT is why he was great.
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