MYSTERY FOR 75 YEARS
"PROMPT and severe steps are needed to preserve Pakistan from practically going bankrupt, but our leaders seem comfortable with relying on higher levels of foreign funding to maintain some semblance of sustained economic prosperity." It was possible to write these words yesterday. They weren't, though. They are mentioned in an editorial from the Pakistan Times commemorating the 11th anniversary of independence in 1958. The same comment also contains additional laments that are still relevant today. For instance, "The political arena has been the safe haven of those cursed with limitless greed and limited talent for almost a decade. Every season has been one of interest, and every year has been one of catastrophe. A perpetual state of instability almost seems to be the only constant in our political existence. One might go even earlier, to Mohammad Ali Jinnah's speech to the Constituent Assembly 75 years prior, when India was on the ve