They chortle when they hear about politicians indulging in small-time corruption
SANGARH: We have been hearing for long that corruption will be eradicated root and branch from the country. Cases are registered against politicians for their alleged acts of corruption. But at the end of the day corruption not only stays but progresses by leaps and bound and we, the helpless people, have to put up with our corrupt rulers and their grand style of living that is full of pomp and show. And with their swagger and the swagger of their flunkies! Now we are witnessing a situation in which the rallying cry of the corrupt is “Corrupt of Pakistan unite, you have nothing to lose, not even your ill-gotten wealth.” Our corrupt rulers do not care about losing their reputation. Politicians underrate the loss of reputation. It is only conscientious people who care about such nonsense. Our politicians go in for big bucks. They chortle when they hear about politicians indulging in small-time corruption. Grievous faults my countrymen whose consequences show up only in the long run, but not in so distant a future.
Misbah Haque
Published in The Express Tribune, November 20th, 2018.
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