Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan - World's 5th Public Intellectual

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsen has been recognized by the Foreign Policy Journal as the world's fifth best public intellectual. Here is the link: The World's Top 20 Public Intellectuals. Read it yourself.
There has surely been criticism too especially because the journal claims that top ten of the world intellectuals are Muslims. Yet on my part I have never doubted Barrister Aitzaz's intellectual stature. Congratulations sir! We all are proud of you, as a leader and as a personal friend.

Here is his introduction by the journal:
President of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association, Ahsan has been a vocal opponent of President Pervez Musharraf's rule. When Musharraf dismissed the head of the Supreme Court in March 2007, it was Ahsan who led the legal challenge to reinstate the chief justice and rallied thousands of lawyers who took to the streets in protest. He was arrested several times during the period of emergency rule last year. Today, he is a senior member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, formerly led by Benazir Bhutto, and one of the country's most recognizable politicians.