While the government is obsessed with saving its tenure, the people are being crushed under the weight of food inflation in the country. Only yesterday, the price of sugar was raised. Again. Everything from sugar to tomatoes to garlic is now beyond the reach of the common person.
While issues like an independent judiciary and a working system are important, there importance will be next to nothing for a people who cannot even afford the basic necessities of life. Many governments have been toppled not because they suspended the judiciary but because they raised the price of a basic need like sugar. If things continue this way, this government wont have to wait for a no-confidence vote in the Parliament and agitation from the opposition to end its reign. The food-price index will do that job itself.
RUBINA YUSUF
Lahore
