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Zaid Hamid, a Leader

in the making! Wouldbe a nightmare

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Posted by Fidai e Rasool SAW on March16, 2010

[Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Teeth Maestro on Feb 2, 2010 .The article has been written by Dr. MohsinAnsari who knows Zaid Hamid since thecollege days, as both did their intermediatefrom Adamjee Govt. Science CollegeKarachi.]

I moved to USA about 17 years back andhence was relatively out of touch with thedevelopments in Pakistan. Therefore it wasnot only abysmal but rather surprising to seeZaid Zaman now Zaid Hamid (I am not surewhat is he up to or why did he change hisname) portrayed as a scholar, a defense

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analyst, a nationalist and may be someonewho can lead our nation in the future. I think

the last time I met Zaid was when heattended my wedding ceremony along withfew other of his very close friends. All of hisassociates who attended the ceremony werethe followers of a “Peer” named Yusuf.

There I came to know that Zaid was not onlythe devotee but in essence one of the topfollowers of this “Peer” Mr. Yusuf, an exarmy officer with quite a bit of followingamong youngsters. Later I came to know

that this Peer was arrested as he claimedhimself to be a prophet.

I met Zaid Zaman first when we went for adebate competition arranged by PakistanAirforce in Risalpur representing Adamjee

Science College. I do not want to commentmuch about my first impression but it was of course not very pleasant and positive. Thenonwards being a debater, I visited Zaid’s

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academic institution the NED Universityfrequently for different Students Union

Programs. At that point Afghan jihad had agreat impact on the lives of Pakistani nation.I remember all this not because it was tooobvious, but in essence was too weird to toocreepy to see Zaid portraying himself as a

fighter in a battle field or may bedramatizing his actions as much as if he wasacting in a movie scene. Hence I always feltthat Zaid had some kind of mentalinstability. And now being a physician in

USA for 17 years, we call some onedemonstrating these symptoms as a Bipolar with Manic Disorder type, where one thinkshimself as a redeemer, a savior and someone who possess grandiose

personality.

What made me write this letter is not that Ihave any thing against Zaid Zaman, butsince he could be another leader in the

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making in Pakistan, hence I felt it to be myresponsibility and obligation to let people

know about him. This is the least I could doto my beloved homeland. Pakistani nationhas already been deceived and betrayedrepeatedly by their leaders in the past. It

breaks my heart to see they end up making

another disastrous mistake. And once again become victim of prevarication and fiddling.Mr. Zaid Zaman is a devotee of a liar,follower of a claimer of false prophecy andan unstable person. My dear friends this is

the age of technology and multimediaresources, like a true believer do not get bitten by the same hole twice. Take your time and use all the possible resources

before you start delegating some one as your leader!! Now of course it is up to everyindividual to decide what do they want todo!!

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Mohsin Ansari MD FAAP,Medical Director,

Clinical facultyUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine