Jail chemistry

Published August 30, 2016

POLITICS isn’t a bed of roses. The treacherous winds of this past often overwhelm politicians and land them behind bars. Notable world leaders have faced prison hardships. Nelson Mandela once described prison as a test of one’s commitment.

Pakistan’s former Presidents who hails from Sindh, or the newly-elected Mayor of Karachi, share this trait in common. Having served a long term of imprisonment as a politician, he stunned this nation after ascending to the presidential office. The elected mayor has also emerged triumphant from the prison to become Karachi’s chief executive.

Mubashir Zaidi
Karachi

Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2016

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