Leading Change

Daily Times published my article “Leading Change” on their editorial on Sunday 20th December 2009.

An excerpt of it is on this blog and, as always, the full article link is given below.

Leading change

Sunday, 20th December 2009

Andleeb Abbas

Every era has seen a region or a race trying to fight wars and annex freedom and power from other nations. The word ‘superpower’ is at fault. The obsession to be larger, richer and more powerful than the rest has resulted in a complete erosion of values of fairness, justice and equality.

Change or be changed, that is the tough choice we face as the year approaches its turbulent end, which perhaps in most of our lifetimes and the history of this world will separate the true from the false, the strong from the weak, the old from the new. The world has literally turned on its head this year, with everything spinning upside down from politics to economics, from psychics to cynics and from values to ethics. As citizens of this world we need to revisit all our philosophies and models of what is better for whom; as people of this country we need to activate total transformation to save ourselves from extinction; and as individuals we need to examine our purpose and mission and develop the urge for contribution. Without these changes, the writing is on the wall, i.e. act or be acted upon. Let us look at some changes needed at all levels to make this world a better place for all.


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Daily Times recently published my article “Wanted – Leaders with Integrity” uncut on their editorial on Wednesday 9th December 2009.

As always an excerpt of it is on this blog and the full article link is given below.

Wanted: Leaders with Integrity

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

By Andleeb Abbas

Leaders with integrity are an endangered species in Pakistan; in fact they are almost on the verge of extinction. The painful process of seeing the same faces shamelessly denying proven facts, making promises which are broken as a matter of routine, and continuing to use and abuse their political positions has become an agony the public can no longer bear. The fact that the president of this country has merrily and unabashedly announced that his position gives him amnesty despite the lapsing of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is an admission of the fact that his title is the only thing saving him from prosecution; this ‘exemplary’ leadership has set the pattern for many of his ministers to follow.

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