thank God that someone finally said it...
and it's funny, if you see all the ppl who show up on his show - all Musharraf cronies. that Ahmed Qureshi clown. that guy is less an analyst/reporter, more of a Bee Jamalo. his childish "articles" are laughable. then there was that other guy whose name I can't remember - another notorious Musharraf poodle.
in summary, Zaid Hamid is an idiot who preaches hate and revisionist history. we don`t need more like him. we need more Aitzaz Ahsans - not Zaid Hamids. I believe in the Pakistan of Aitzaz Ahsan, in the Pakistan of Nusrat Javed... not Zaid Hamid's Glenn Beck inspired Pakistan.
I just can't stand listening to Altaf Hussain, Zaid Hamid, Shahid Mossad and Hasan Nisaar. ppl with no integrity or ideology...
Aitzaz Ahsan is not a selfless man either. Some people give him more credit than he deserves. Yes his stand on NRO and restoration of judiciary is commendable but he is also known to be a kharant banda jo kabhi bhi apney mafad k liye apney usoolon ka sauda tuk kar sakta hai. He is meeting with Zardari as I write and rumour is he is being offered the post of Attorney General. If he is a man of integrity he should not accept any such offer.
I also do not take Zaid Hamid's every word literally. The guy is an ultra-nationalist but he does talk a lot of sense sometimes. I was listening to him yesterday and he was saying that TTP killers have been indoctrinated and influenced by Egyptian radicals over the years. Zaid supports military action against these killers and also believes that TTP are getting arms and ammunition from outside. He blamed the MMA government and Musharraf for the rapid rise of TTP during their 5-year rule. The MMA, because they came to power on islamic vote in 2002 just completely turned a blind eye to what ever the 'religious' TTP were doing which further escalated this problem of extremism and Zaid makes a very valid point there.
I am no big fan of Zia but some of us are very quick to blame him for all the jihadi groups-related crimes of today. The fact is Zia did what he felt was right at the time (otherwise Soviets would have also invaded Pakistan, let's be very clear about that first..). These jihadists were the need of the hour to defeat any ulterior designs of soviets. Nobody had the slightest idea then that these jihadi groups might one day become a nuisance for us too. I mean nobody could ever envisage such a scenario. And there really was no problem until 9/11 happened and it is only since then that we have seen radicalisation reach new unacceptable levels in parts of Pakistan....ab Zia ko koi ilhaam to nahin aaya tha k ek din 9/11 hoga aur yeh sab hoga jo aaj hum dekh rahe hain.