From Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari, political leadership in Pakistan has traditionally been the dominion of the rich. Back then, Pakistan’s independence movement was led by the Muslim elite.

Today, another generation of very rich rule millions of impoverished souls, who have no hope of ever having any control over their destinies.

The Jinnah House (South Court) in the Malabar Hills neighbourhood of South Mumbai is in a dilapidated state today. However, the palatial home of Pakistan’s founding father is worth millions of dollars. Some estimate the property to be worth tens of millions of dollars. South Court was constructed in 1936 and cost 200,000 rupees. Architect Claude Batley had designed the structure, which was built with the help of Italian stonemasons.

Today, that opulence is matched by Zardari’s Surrey Palace(Rockwood Park) and the choice digs of the Sharif family in Raiwind.

Explore: The mystery of Raiwind palace ownership

The gulf between the elected and electors has plagued Pakistan since forever. Electoral democracy has hardly made any dent in the country's dynastic politics.

For an egalitarian society to take root, the ruled must become the rulers of their destinies and governments.

This may change if Pakistanis were to learn from Uruguay’s President, José Mujica, who lives in a small house off a dirt road, and donates 90 per cent per cent of his $12,000 monthly salary to charity. Mr Mujica may be the world’s ‘poorest’ president, but he is also the president whose lifestyle resembles that of the people he leads.