I have put down here thoughts on important national issues as I saw them; on our follies and prejudices and what I felt was required to save Pakistan from its slide towards chaos and destruction. Much of this has appeared during the past years in the national press and little of this is new. It is however a collection of thoughts that in my view bear repetition. This book contains some letter and speeches made during my years of struggle against authoritarian rule of an elected government and against military dictators. It also has letters which I had written to the leadership of my party, the Tehrik-i-Istiqlal, an organizational matters, during my nearly five years detention conveying me views on the running of a democratic political party.