Before it’s too late

For decades, we have been ruled by a bunch of elites. In Ayub Khan’s era, there were 22 families who had the total control over the state affairs and the economy. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was able to end this monopoly but he failed to end the feudal system.
Even now things are the same, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) are ruling this country for the past few decades and during their reign nothing has changed. People are still confronted with their basic needs and common man is entangled in the web of poverty. Food, clothing and shelter are some of the main problems of people and PPP couldn’t even provide them. In fact inflation rose to its heights in PPP regime. A similar situation there was in Nawaz Sharif’s tenure where there was uncertainty in every step.
In 2008 elections, PPP got the mandate of 180 million people and made a coalition government. People expected a lot more from the co-Chairperson of PPP Mr Asif Ali Zardari but things didn’t go the way people wanted. Corruption, lawlessness, terrorism and inflation were among the grave issues people faced and nobody was there to grieve the affected. The PML-N came as a major opposition party criticising the negative steps of the PPP-led government and advocating themselves as the real politicians sincere to the country. In the parliament, Leader of the Opposition Ch Nisar strongly criticises PPP for their negative policies.
This portrays that PML-N is the real political party which is advocating the rights of the people. Many criticise Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for being a friendly opposition and this thing is now getting true as 2013 general elections are getting near and Nawaz Sharif seems to abide by the rules set by the President of Pakistan Mr Asif Ali Zardari. A few days ago, Nawaz Sharif said that he had no problem in becoming the prime minister under the presidency of Asif Ali Zardari. However, it’s the same Nawaz Sharif who used to openly criticise Asif Ali Zardari on his negative policies.
The PPP has also developed a soft corner for PML-N as they have begun to favour Nawaz Sharif and CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif. In a recent statement, issued by the PPP’s Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira, he said that no power could stop Mian Nawaz Sharif from becoming the next prime minister.
This shocks the whole population that how two rival political parties who were violent enemies suddenly turned into close friends. This shows that these two political parties made an agreement regarding the future of Pakistan. For the past few years, the senior politicians and analysts used to say that there was a secret agreement between Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, where they decided that first it will be PPP’s government and the next will be of Nawaz Sharif’s. As PPP is done with their tenure now, it’s time for Mian Nawaz Sharif to take the place and for that the whole establishment has begun to work in that way, paving way for Nawaz Sharif’s future government.
It’s a dilemma that the PPP created a mess in their five-year government and Nawaz Sharif was just aiding them, acting as a friendly opposition. We must wake up and show the entire community their true colours or else another democratic dictatorship will occur and this will throw our country in the hands of enemies. Imran Khan is still better off than these, as he has never joined hands with any one of them and criticised both PML-N and PPP for supporting each other.
These political parties have decided our future; they are controlling us directly and indirectly so that they can fill their pockets at the expense of the poor. They are ruling us turn by turn and we have to stop them anyway. We have the power to nominate the rightful person and nobody can stop us from doing that. We should use our power to vote appropriately and vote the right person deserving it. We have to stop it before it’s too late.