Vete a
I dia
sc ee w ite
a d
ly icist
Javed
Akhta
is
k ow
to
always
be
vocal
about
his
opi io s.
He
has
eve
mi ced
his
wo ds
whe
it
comes
to
eacti g
o
what
he
feels
like,
which
also
i cludes
sometimes
setti g
the
t olls
st aight
o
exp essi g
his
pat iotism.
The
sc ee w ite
has
ow
c iticised
Pakista
P eside t
Asif
Ali
Za da i
ove
his
ece t
comme ts
about
the
cou t y’s
Hi du
mi o ity,
accusi g
the
fo me
of
bei g
co siste tly
“i se sitive”
to
those
a ou d
him.Fo
those
ot
i
the
k ow,
Akhta ‘s
ema ks
have
come
afte
Za da i
add essed
a
gathe i g
du i g
Pakista ’s
I depe de ce
Day
celeb atio s,
whe e
he
spoke
about
the
status
of
Hi dus
i
Pakista
a d
compa ed
thei
situatio
with
that
of
Hi dus
i
I dia.“The
I dia s
have
a
diffe e t
poi t
of
view.
They
have
thei
ow
age da
i
mi d.
They
believe
i
Akha d
Bha at.
But
the e
is
a
lot
i
betwee
which
they
have
fo gotte .
We
a e
Muslims.
They
a e
ot.
But
we
a e
Muslims
of
the
mi dset
that
we
tole ate
3-4
pe
ce t
Hi du
populatio
i
Pakista .
They
a e
as
f ee,
as
good
as
a ywhe e
else
they
we e.
They
would
athe
be
with
us
tha
be
with
them,”
Za da i
said,
acco di g
to
a
clip
ai ed
by
CNN-News18.
Akhta
espo ded
sha ply
o
social
media,
taki g
pa ticula
aim
at
Za da i’s
use
of
the
wo d
“tole ate”
while
efe i g
to
Pakista ’s
Hi du
populatio .
He
also
made
a
poi ted
efe e ce
to
the
Pakista i
p eside t’s
lo g-sta di g
ick ame,
“M
Te
Pe
Ce t.”“M
Za da i
of
Pakista ,
who
had
come
i to
the
limelight
afte
Be azi
Bhutto
had
ma ied
him,
says
that
they
tole ate
the
3-4
pe
ce t
Hi du
populatio
i
thei
cou t y.
I
u de sta d,
M
Za da i,
you
have
always
bee
i se sitive
to
all
u de
the
su ,
which
is
less
tha
10
pe
ce t,”
Akhta
w ote
o
X,
fo me ly
k ow
as
Twitte .
Za da i,
the
widowe
of
fo me
Pakista i
p ime
mi iste
Be azi
Bhutto,
acqui ed
the
ick ame
“M
Te
Pe
Ce t”
i
the
late
1980s
a d
ea ly
1990s
amid
allegatio s
that
he
dema ded
a
10
pe
ce t
commissio
i
co ectio
with
gove me t
p ojects
a d
busi ess
deali gs.
Za da i
de ied
the
allegatio s.The
ick ame
gai ed
wide
p omi e ce
afte
the
dismissal
of
Bhutto’s
gove me t
by
the -P eside t
Ghulam
Ishaq
Kha
i
1990.
At
the
time,
ca etake
P ime
Mi iste
Ghulam
Mustafa
Jatoi
levelled
se ious
allegatio s
agai st
Za da i.“A
10
pe
ce t
commissio
had
to
be
paid
to
get
pe missio
fo
setti g
up
a y
p oject.
Commissio s
had
to
be
paid
to
get
ba k
loa s…
Za da i
is
a
pa ty
to
all
that
happe ed.
He
is
the
ki gpi ,”
Jatoi
told
TIME
i
1990.