Where are Pakistan’s Refuseniks and Whistleblowers?
are vice-president Sherron Watkins of Enron and Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom, who disclosed the absolute rot in their companies, and Coleen Rowley of the FBI who revealed the failure of the agency to act on earlier tips and prevent the colossal tragedy of 9/11. Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom had brought to light how her company had covered up losses of 3.8 billion dollars that finally led to its collapse. In Pakistan, on the other hand, hypocrisy is the most prominent feature of ours as a nation. One of the most important traits we have always had an acute shortage of, is the spine to call spade a spade whenever personal interests are at stake. Most of the pro-democracy generals strutting around today, trying to present themselves as principled truth-telling souls, were the leading beneficiaries of yesterday’s lootmar of military dispensations. While in service, none among Generals K M Arif, Talat Masood, Aslam Beg, to an extent even maverick Hamid Gul, and many more, had the courage to disa
