That Dr Zafar Altaf, as usual, is profound insofar the diagnosis of country's plethora of ills is concerned is a fact that has found its best expression in his op-ed for Business Recorder carried by the newspaper yesterday. He argues, inter alia, "If one were to go for prosecution then the outcome will be available after two decades or so. The money spent and the time wasted is no one's business. The cost to the economy is horrendous...
In Pakistan the law is not predictable and there are many reasons for it...The infrastructure is not only poor but it is poorly managed." Dr Altaf's philosophical approach to a variety of issues throws up numerous lessons for our policymakers to learn. They must cash in on the opportunity without any further loss of time. Nothing can substitute experience. He argues his case with conviction, with genuine conviction.