A comment on yesterday's drama. A talk show host narrated a dialogue between Zia and Stephen Cohen while standing on the balcony of the presidency which overlooks thye city of Islamabad. It went like,

Zia: You know why I am in power today?
Stephen Cohen: No.
Zia: Because nothing in Islamabad escapes my notice.
Stephen Cohen: and what abt ur back?
Zia: The mountains are on my back.

3 months later, Zia wasn't in power killed in an airplane crash.
Reminder to all of us as individuals and for those in the broader sense who seek lifetime presidencies. May God give all of us the time to repent, to fall back.

Bass naam rahay ga Allah ka,
jo hazir bi hai, ghaib bhi,
jo manzar bi hai nazir bi.

Lazim hai kai hum bi daikhain gai

Jab takht girayain jayain gai, jab taj uchalai jain gai
Hum ahle safa mardood-e haram masnad pai bithaiain jayen gai.

(faiz)