Who Owns Pakistan - Yimg

Prologue
"I Nawaz Sharif, do solemnly swear that I am a Muslim and
believe in the unity and oneness of God.
That I will bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan.
That as Prime Minister of Pakistan, I will dischage my duties
and perform my functions, honestly, to the best of my abilities,
faithfully, in accordance with constitution of Islamic Republic
of Pakistan and the law. and always in the interest of the
sovereignity, integrity, solidarity, well being and prosperity of
Pakistan.
That I will strive to preserve the Islamic ideology which is the
basis of the creation of Pakistan
That I will not allow my personal interest to influence my
official conduct or my official decisions.
That I will preserve, protect and defend the constitution. That
in all circumstances......................."
As Pakistan's first industarialist Prime Minister was rapeating the oath of his
office read by Presidant Ghulam Ishaq Khan on Nov.6 1990 in the Darbar Hall of
the Presidancy, my mind was racing back to Dec. 2, 1988 when in the same hall
another Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was administered the same oath by the
same Presidant. Bhutto was dismissed disgracefully in twenty months by
presidant Ishaq on charges of corruption and inefficiency, leading to another
elections which brought Nawaz Sharif to power.
A day before taking oath, Benazir met Presidant Ishaq and Army chief Aslam
Baig and on return from the meetings told a press conference at the residance of
her host, Dr. Niazi, "We are not coming as free agents".
Benazie Bhutto had the grace to accept before the national and international
press that her government would be a chanined one, not completely independant
in all respects. But unlike her Nawaz Sharif is man of few words. It is said that a
politician without words is like gun without bullets, useless if not worthless. He
was therefore, an interesting political case-study because he has reached the top
not by climbing the ladder, rung by rung but as though some supernatural power
had positioned him there.
How was it that he reached the second highest political office in country without
milling through streets of Pakistan, as expected of a politician? Who were his
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