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Mahir Ali
I WISH I did not have to write today’s column. Not because of its content but because of the circumstances.
The fact that thousands of people felt personally bereft when they learnt of I.A. Rehman’s demise on Monday testifies to the breadth and depth of his influence and reach. Pakistan has lost perhaps its brightest guiding light.
One could possibly embellish that thought with the notion that the nation must bear that loss amid one of its darkest hours. But perhaps IAR, as he was fondly referred to, would not agree with that conclusion. After all, he was already almost an adult at the birth of Pakistan, and witnessed all of its tribulations over the decades. And he had an incredible knack for putting matters in perspective.