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Democracy and revenge

Alas, the election of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as prime minister will carry on that ‘revenge’.

Published: June 30, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Benazir Bhutto once said “democracy is the best revenge”. For the last four and a half years the masses were living under the illusion that the ‘revenge’ has been taken by the PPP government quite successfully. Alas, the election of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as prime minister will carry on that ‘revenge’ — on the masses of course — for some time more.

Dr Irfan Zafar

Published in The Express Tribune, July 1^st, 2012.

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Ch. Allah Daad

Jun 30, 2012 - 11:49PM

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Very well said but I am afraid this revenge will continue for many more years. Thanks to SC and Imran Khan.

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