The prime minister had been charged with contempt by Supreme Court in February for refusing to write letter to Swiss government to reopen corruption cases against President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. The Prime Minister remained defiant to Supreme Court’s direction and his associates ridiculed the judiciary without going into details of who looted and plundered the wealth of poor people and who refused to write letter for illegally siphoning off wealth to foreign shores. But we should look at the current situation of the country. The daily increases in the prices of utilities, coupled with increases in petroleum products’ prices have multiplied the problems of conman man. Prices of drugs and daily use commodities have shot up to unprecedented heights.
Electricity outages have gone up to 20 hours in rural areas of country. Every department is in helter skelter and running on interim schemes. We constantly live in the shadows of bomb attacks, target killings and serial killers. The law and order situation is deteriorating quickly. Balochistan has become a boiling pot. There is not an iota of hope of improving situation anywhere.
The earning capacity of a labourer has fallen sharply due to incessant price hike of bread and butter. The financial spectrum is becoming grimmer every day. Gloom stares the poor in the face. There are no health facilities for ordinary man. No job opportunities for a majority of the youth. The educated young generation, in sheer frustration, is resorting to criminal activities.
Are not these enough evidences to convict the head of the government? The verdict of the apex court to sentence the Prime Minister till rising of the court is historic. It’s time for the PM to reciprocate.
HUMAIRA MOHSIN
Karachi