WikiLeaks has revealed the true image of those who have been entrusted the task of defending our national interests.
LAHORE: WikiLeaks has revealed the true image of those who have been entrusted the task of defending our national interests, state sovereignty and national exchequer. After independence, other than the Quaid-i-Azam and to some extent Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, everybody at some stage has played the role of second fiddle to foreign powers and their global interests, even when they conflicted with our sovereignty and national interest.
Our economic policies have been planned and executed directly by none other than the nominees of the US, the IMF and the World Bank. Ayub Khan laid down the foundation for a policy where our rulers conspired to serve foreign powers in return for political support. Ziaul Haq took the policy of comprising our sovereignty to new heights and Musharraf broke all barriers. It was his adventurism that angered the Baloch.
The current president, by what one reads in WikiLeaks is as bad as his predecessor in that almost every major decision seems to have been done after the US ambassador’s approval.
Malik Tariq Ali
Published in The Express Tribune, December 8th, 2010.
