PAKISTAN is fast becoming a banana republic; just a couple of days ago on arrival of the news that Mullah Mansour was killed in a US drone attack inside Pakistan a big hoo-ha was started about sovereignty of Pakistan disturbed. Now two days ago when the news came that our prime minister is undergoing an open-heart surgery the same government declares that Pakistan can be ruled easily from London. What a joke! If we are attacked while Mr Sharif is in the operation theatre, will the surgeon stop so that he can declare war via Skype or give directions to the army on Twitter? The media tells us that the federal cabinet will accept the federal budget at an important meeting on Monday, which will be presided over Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif via video link from London. The Prime Minister`s office is telling us that `the prime minister is in constant contact with the federal ministers, cabinet members and others concerned. It is important to note that there are no postponements or delays in the matters pertaining to the routine functioning of the state` If that is so, why do we need a prime minister at all? We could spare all the money for the post and leave the Sharif family to London where they belong. As a student of history I used to think about our politicians during the days when Ghulam Mohammad ruled this country through his Anglo-Indian secretary, while he was medically incapacitated due to serious illness. One can only wonder who is ruling us now.
