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The technocrat thought: Answer to Pakistan's woes - Lt Gen (retd ... - Global Village space

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2023 03:05 ET

“A nation which accepts to live a third-class life is just a third-class nation! If a nation wants to be called an honourable nation, it must use the option to refuse any kind of policy which is against human dignity! No refuse, no honour! If you do not refuse a bad government, you deserve it all the way”, Mehmet Murat Ildan.
A few days ago I circulated an article that I had written, which is soon to be published in a couple of magazines. One of the recommendations in the article related to a ‘technocrat government’, a concept that I have been advocating off and on for quite a while now. Having read the article, Haider Raza Mehdi, a journalist, and an analyst, was highly critical of my suggestions. Without taking the time to understand the proposal or examining the background to the concept, he went into a ‘shock and was disappointed’, at what he saw as an aberration and something that conflicted with some view he may or may not have had. After going into a tantrum, he furthered his position by accusing me of taking dictation from GHQ.
However, for his information, this is/was my own recommendation and has nothing to do with GHQ and has been proffered in the past and the suggestion is on record for years. I first said it on Rana Mubasher’s show in 2016, 7 years ago, and have been saying it since. It may not be the best idea but it’s mine. Yet, he accuses me of being influenced by GHQ – obviously, since he could not have known, he has taken it upon himself to assume that,...



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