Breaking the feudal lords (II)

Letter May 12, 2012
We are still in the clutches of those unscrupulous politicians who have been the major impediment to these reforms.

ISLAMABAD: Asad Rahim Khan’s article is a good reminder that Ayub Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto managed to carry out some reforms but failed to implement them since the people entrusted with following them did not have the sincerity to follow them through. We are still in the clutches of those unscrupulous politicians who have been the major impediment to these reforms. Why discuss land reforms when they have not been able to streamline the revenue procedure for land ownership that keeps 80 per cent of the judiciary busy in resolving land disputes arising because of these anomalies?

Razi Kazmi

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2012.