Islamabad: If the lack of an anti-corruption law bothers Indian activist Anna Hazare, 69-year-old Raja Jehangir Akhter is putting his life on the line for a drastic cut in Pakistan's military budget.
"Unless we take a U-turn, Pakistan won't be able to escape a blind street," he said, summing up his rationale to divert funds from defence to development.
The former Pakistan Army gunner and veteran of the 1971 war with India, Akhter is a true-blue labour unionist with a primary-level formal education. The father of three has gone on hunger strikes six times, with 22 days being the longest period of merely living on water.
"Always, except once, I could get the desired objectives behind the hunger strike," the grey-haired, clean shaven left-leaning businessman told Gulf News.
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