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.

Here is the link to the full article:

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