"We should dig the grave of zia-ul-haq and ask why did he give us gift of talibaan" Asima sherazi

       
            This was my first chance to listen to a leading journalist and anchor live. I was expecting a typical talk like they do on t.v. she started of by accepting the fact that they speak half truth on televisions because they are afraid of the consequences of speaking the whole truth. She later told that she is being given life threats. She was quite open on different facts and what made me her fan was that she was speaking against army in-front of retired army person who was the speaker there and was invited for a special talk and presentation.

            I quote  "we talk about politician's corruption, but we don't talk about army's corruption.we want to make politician's pay for their mistakes but we can not criticize army. We talk about all the budgets and their errors but we cannot even have a look at defence budget. We stand against politicians but we are not allowed to stand against the Holy Cows (army). We question Asif Zardari but we cannot bring Musharraf in court. We have been accusing politicians for breaking the country but let me tell you it was army who did that, we need to tell our kids the truth, the full truth not the half truth that we have been speaking for centuries. But let me tell you   , If we don't set ourselves straight then we may lose balochistan, and this time we won't accuse those who have been accused wrongly, but we would hold the necks of those who are murdering balochis and these are not politicians. If politicians make mistakes then we would question them but at least those who governed this country for more than 40 years should also be questioned. We should dig the grave of zia-ul-haq and ask why did he give us gift of talibaan. I am not saying that politicians are always right but at least they governed less and gave something but army men they governed more and only put Pakistan on back foot. I know that media brought a positive change and played a crucial role in bringing democracy to Pakistan but accept that we don't show people what they should see. We are making rumours the headlines and breaking news, we want people to believe rumours and like them and respond them. We are not doing right.We do it just to earn ratings and money, shame on us"

           Every word coming out of her mouth was being responded with clapping from the youth of Pakistan probably because me and many other minds had similar thoughts and to my surprise some retired army men were also appreciating the full truth. Her words were making my belief strong that Pakistan is changing, and we started speaking and appreciating truth. And I believe truthful people are those who bring change.