Scientist, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, and Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry are brave and courageous personalities of the country. Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is struggling for rule of law and supremacy of judiciary in the country and facing all kinds of hardships. He has rekindled a hope in the hearts of people that there still might be a silver lining in the dark clouds. Dr. Qadeer, who has been recently freed from house arrest with a smile on his face, welcomes the people from all walks of life to his cause. He has pledged to work for the promotion of education, engineering, science and social work for the rest of his life. Our nation, and especially our younger generation, was waiting for this kind of leadership, which has the intellectual vision to change the fate of the nation. Actually, the real leaders live and fight in their own countries whatsoever the circumstances be. They face all hardships to raise the hope in people by raising their voices against all injustice. They know the real power comes from the people. Their hearts throb with the heart of the common man who dreams of social and economic justice and wants to live with self-respect. -SABA GUL, Islamabad, via e-mail, February 9.