The confidence of our ruling elite is beyond my comprehension. The PPP is less a political party and more a cult. The overconfidence of the PPP leaders, including the prime minister, stems from the belief that they will still get the votes no matter how atrocious is their own performance.
Unless these people don’t see the light, the voting pattern will not change. The people need to be told how Bhutto and Benazir ruined the economy of the country with their populist policies for building up the PPP vote bank.
Bhutto for purely ulterior motives destroyed discipline in all walks of life, destroyed industry with his vindictive nationalisation, and an anti-business labour policy, greatly expanded the public sector and destroyed it through appointment of incompetent cronies and forced employment of thousands of jialas, destroyed education by making teachers government servants etc.
Benazir Bhutto foisted the oil guzzling IPPs on the nation and shut out the hydel option. Kalabagh dam will never be built with the whole of Sindh and half of Punjab opposing it, thanks to her. This is a grievous blow to the economy of the country which is making the poor poorer, but the people do not know this and no one is telling them.
The opposition leaders have said or done nothing to make the people think otherwise, other than making laudatory comments about Benazir, and guarded criticism of Bhutto.
The outcome of any future election is a foregone conclusion unless the opposition leaders start calling a spade a spade.
KHURSHID ANWER
Lahore
Sir, what is needed is an editorial on this subject to get the facts across to the people
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