Monday morning brought the dismal news of the targeted killing of a school principal of a government high school in Peshawar by dozens of heavily armed militants. Tuesday morning one reads the news of the murder of a newly elected MPA of Hangu, who initially an independent candidate, had joined the PTI. These instances of targeted killings are just a few of the ongoing examples of brutality and lawlessness rampant in our country. We have a huge and well trained military, but it seems that the populist, obscurantist and even naive rhetoric has made it difficult for our forces to act decisively, forcefully, and in a focused and conclusive manner. If in the past ,our governments, whether military or civilian, have worked together with the US, made expedient choices for power and money, it is high time that all stakeholders work together decisively against the menace of militancy.
A Concerned Citizen
Lahore
Power crises
The basic necessity of this century is scarce in a country engulfed in a war zone due its strategic location. The story behind this power crisis has a long history. The reason behind the plight is deeply rooted in our socio-political structure. The society wants the complete end to this problem. The outcomes of load shedding are too immense to conceive as this crisis is leading in the form of an economic toll of 4% of country’s GDP and riots across the country.
Most Pakistani’s don’t prefer to give their bills. 20% of country’s produced electricity is lost in the form line losses. This country will continue to be in the grip of power crisis since the demand is exceeding 17500MW with supply lingering on 10500MW.
Whether the Sharif government has that much political strength backbone to overcome this crisis as it too has some bill defaulters.
SHAHZAIB
Lahore
