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A leader is the one who has the ability to get others to follow willingly.  Every family, group, team, organization and country needs a true leader to steer his followers to their destiny or at least keep driving them towards that.  Following are the commonly understood qualities of a leader: Vision Veracity Fairness Modesty Devotion Boldness Creativity Openness Sense of Humor Generosity of spirit Keeping these qualities in mind, we fail to see any of the current so called (rather pseudo) political jugglers  qualifying for being considered a true leader. Almost each one of them is certainly the leader of his clan, be it political or religious.  Most of the political parties in Pakistan are controlled and run, by these string-pullers, as mafias and clans which they heatedly deny.  Sure, they should.  That is the core modus operandi of managing their dynastic hold on their party’s control, finances and authority of imposing d...

Obama Speech Resurrects Jimmy Carter Era   About two-thirds of the way through President Obama’s speech, leaves and twigs twitched erratically amid late-spring gusts of wind outside the windows of the Oval Office. Symbolism is integral to a presidential address, and Tuesday night was no exception, with solemn flags standing behind the history-heavy and timber-laden   Resolute desk . But faltering branches was not the imagery desired for the moment. In his opening comments, the president reassured the public: From the very beginning of this crisis, the federal government has been in charge of the largest environmental cleanup effort in our nation’s history. It hasn’t felt that way. Obama didn’t personally visit the Gulf until May 2 , more than 10 days after the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the catastrophic mile-deep oil gusher. Original estimates on the extent of the oil spill drastically underestimated the enormity of the damage: in late April the National Oceanic and Atmos...