One flew over the cuckoo's nest? - Anjum Niaz

As Zardari prepares to move from the Prime Minister's Annex (where he's lodging currently with his two daughters and dad Hakim Ali for reasons of personal safety) to the presidential palace on the hill, the public has a right to know: what's his current mental condition if indeed he was mentally handicapped only a year ago and was being treated by psychiatrists. Second, if the $60 million do indeed belong to him, then how did he earn this money while living in Pakistan?

Mental illness is a very serious business. Please don't take it lightly. A person suffering from it can ruin the lives of his immediate family, not to mention his own. Imagine if a mentally deranged person was to be put in charge of a country? He or she would ruin the lives of millions by his/her crazy actions that none would have the power to stop. Granted that the arc of mental illness is wide ranging from schizophrenia to mild depression, but beware, once the sufferer is diagnosed with a certain disease like dementia or psychosis or acute fear (some of the symptoms allegedly experienced by Zardari as per the affidavits of his psychiatrists) it is a whole new ball game. The man cannot be called 'normal.'

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Dear Anjum:

Just one question: Can any person who aspires for a high office in today's Pakistan be described as normal?