After the demise of Quaid e Azam, our legislators bought sucked into an unsightly battle for energy resulting in conspiracies and backstabbing isolating them from public points. This led to overlook appropriation of taxpayers cash and dragging nationwide establishments resembling judiciary, armed forces, and forms into this recreation of cat and mice.
Nearly seventy-three years have handed by and we as nation haven’t been capable of get of this quagmire. Our energy circles are nonetheless extra centered on satisfying their lust for energy at any value. The financial system, development, and resultantly plenty endure badly beneath the burden of mammoth inflation, excessive joblessness, and lack of fundamental facilities. The not so new PTI authorities has been beneath immense strain from days one as it’s reaping the fruit of its personal doings. Simply as PTI did, the present opposition needs the PTI authorities out of energy come what might.
Just lately, PPP has supplied MQM Pakistan ministries in alternate for his or her assist in toppling the federal authorities. The federal government however has failed to point out strong motion in path that would offer any reduction to plenty. One other 12 months (2019) has handed by, however the authorities retains blaming the predecessors for all of the ills within the nation.
Their claims of discount in present account deficit, improve in foreign exchange reserves, and enchancment in fiscal area imply nothing till folks hold getting buried beneath excessive costs of fuel, petrol, electrical energy, and resultantly costs of every part. Nonetheless, the federal government doesn’t appear keen to succeed in out to the opposition to discover a civilized method to get of this mess. For folks, one more 12 months has passed by with none actual hope of issues getting higher on the political entrance.
Allow us to pray that our legislators discover some knowledge within the new 12 months they usually sit collectively to get the nation out of the mess we’re in. Except they achieve this, I’m afraid 2020 might also become one other 12 months of conspiracies, blames, and egocentric struggles for energy at the price of folks of Pakistan. I hope and pray that my apprehensions are flawed, and 2020 proves to be the 12 months of actual change in Pakistan.
RAJA SHAFAATULLAH,
Islamabad.