If you add up all the money Asif Zardari is supposed to have stolen we will find that Pakistan must have been richer than Saudi Arabia. Moreover there couldn't have been much left for Nawaz Sharif and his family to steal. Our newspapers regularly carry reports of the corruption of the Sharif family. Nawaz Sharif faces many problems in governing the country. The main problem in Pakistan as in India is poverty and the lack of opportunity.
People feel pessimistic about the future.
We should all be grateful to Mr. Jinnah for creating a homeland for the Muslims free of any form of intimidation from the Hindus. Millions sacrificed their lives to achieve this homeland. We now have democracy in our country and whether it is the government of Nawaz Sharif or Benazir we should set our petty differences aside. For Pakistan the recent visit of the Russian Prime Minister Mr. Primakov to India and the signing of a new friendship treaty has very serious undertones.