Happened to read the following news report. Wonder if authority is directly proportional to responsibility, who is to be held responsible for the following: (1) krruption, (2) bad governance, (3) increasing drone attacks, and (4) suicide bombings. (A.N.)

Chief of army staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani is the only Pakistani to make it to the Forbes ‘World’s Most Powerful People’ list, landing at number 29.

The supreme commander of the Pakistan military was 20 steps down from Indian leader Sonia Gandhi, who made it in the top ten, at number nine. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was at number 18, ahead of French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

Other interesting personalities to make the list were Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at number 40, al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden at number 57 and Indian underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who beat Oprah Winfrey and Julian Assange for the 63^rd spot.

Topping the list is the President of China Hu Jintao, who bumped United States President Barack Obama to number two.

Rank	Name	Organization
1	Hu Jintao President	People’s Republic of China
2	Barack Obama President	United States of America
3	Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud King	Saudi Arabia
4	Vladimir Putin Prime Minister	Russia
5	Pope Benedict XVI Pope	Roman Catholic Church
6	Angela Merkel Chancellor	Germany
7	David Cameron Prime Minister	United Kingdom
8	Ben Bernanke Chairman	Federal Reserve
9	Sonia Gandhi President	Indian National Congress
10	Bill Gates Co-Chair	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

With additional reporting by Shaheryar Popalzai.

Source: Express Tribune

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