Quote for the day

“What does he boast about ? He thinks he has a lot of money. I have made him a politician. I called him from the Gulf to play politics. He knew nothing and had nothing. What if now he has $250 million dollars. Is that all? Look at me, God has given me everything. Everything, I say Ejaz just has peanuts” he said thumping his chest  

- circa late 1980's & early 1990's. Humayun Akhtar, allegedly speaking about Ejaz Ul Haq to Shaheen Sehbai

Pakistan & Anatol Lieven

Anatol Lieven has published a new book on Pakistan: Pakistan a Hard country. I had read some nice reviews on the book including one here at Pak Tea House.

I was about to order his book to get his insight into Pakistan, when by accident I came across this obituary he wrote on Zia-ul Haq:

He won respect even from some of his political enemies for his lack of vindictiveness. It was said his repression , unlike that of his predecessor stopped with individuals and was not extended to attempts to destroy their families. From that point of view he had some claim..to be remembered as an honourable man

                                                                                   --Anatol Lieven the Times of London

Needless to say, those last two words made me change my mind...