Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has to realise that many in his country are beginning to peacefully rise against corruption, said a leading Pakistani daily, adding that the "time may have come for the same sort of dissent in Pakistan"

An editorial appeared in the Dawn Thursday, a day when the government had to bow to Gandhian activist Anna Hazare's demand that he be allowed to sit on hunger strike in the Indian capital to press for a strong anti-corruption law.