Most of Pakistanis are wonderstruck to see rallies being held one after the other these days by major political parties who are not in the government wherein millions of rupees are being spent in gaining political mileage. There are host of problems being faced by the common man and the so-called democratically elected leaders, instead of attending to or solving these problems, have embarked upon blaming each other to save their original faces.
Both the major parties have been in power for at least twice and each time leaders of both the parties were involved in massive corruption. None of the leaders who has been in power is Mr Clean barring exceptions. So there is no use of playing blame game. Each party has something to say about the other party which is mostly correct.
However, there is no denying the fact that the present government has miserably failed to solve the problems of a common man and corruption is rampant in the country. The major institutions of the country, like PSM, PIA, Wapda, Railways, OGDC, all ministries and now PCB, are being headed by incompetent, inefficient and corrupt people.
They are all either close relatives or friends of our democratically elected politicians. The merit has never been kept in view by this government while appointing people on key posts. This has resulted into each institution running in loss and the government is being asked to release billions of rupees to give them life.
Under such circumstances, the public very rightly desires a change with new faces in the government and may want to give a chance to Mr Imran Khan who has not been tried so far. He promises corruption-free governance and elimination of terrorism within 90 days.
He already has few feathers in his cap like excellent management of his cancer hospital and establishing a university in a backward area of Mianwali. As captain of Pakistan cricket team, he managed to win Cricket World Cup in 1992 due to his control over his team ensuring excellent discipline. There were no scandals of match-fixing during his tenure as captain.
The nation cannot wait till next elections in 2013 and everyone feels that the country is going towards destruction at a fast pace where Pakistan mint is printing currency notes worth Rs three billion daily to sustain itself. This has caused skyrocketing prices of items of daily commodities.
This government should not be allowed to continue till 2013. The free and fair general elections must be held immediately under the supervision of army and observers from the UN to ensure transparency.
MUHAMMAD AZHAR KHWAJA
Lahore
