It is not the malfunctioning of this government that it is being criticized by one and all but it is the wrong and faulty projection of works done and achievements for the welfare of masses. Take, for example, just one thing and that is load shedding, which has supposedly made the people awful. Power shortage is not a creation of just one year or even five. It is due to the cumulative effect of wrong planning on the part of previous governments. Railways have come to a virtual halt but it did not happen in just five years. Steel Mill, PIA, NILC and so on did not just fail overnight.
The projection of the functioning of the government has been wrong. Communication to the people is not only weak but also faulty and erratic. Who briefed Raja sahib to give statements in press about the termination of load shedding in 2009 giving people hopes of something unbelievable? Who appointed incompetent people at fat salaries and commissions in PIA and Steel Mill? Is it the fault of PM if the Chairman of OGDC was illiterate or had criminal record? Who jeopardized the institutions of this country through corruption and ill planning? Why is Thar coal project lying in the backyard? Who placed FC in Balochistan? Who started war against terror? Who is responsible for making Karachi as Beirut of 70s? Who approved or proposed those silly projects worth billions of rupee wastage? Did AirBlue crash because of Rehman Malik?
The real fault lies with those incompetent people who selected these people to handle giant organizations. It is not the artisan who deshapes the clay pot, it is the person who made him to make the clay pot. Have we identified these people? Have we penalized them? They will fail any government whether it is of PPP or PML-N or PTI. We have to convey correct message to the public and tell people the truth. No government or the group ruling a country in the world do everything right. They make mistakes. In business management we say, “mistakes are made by those who do something, only idles don’t make mistakes”.
We accuse PPP for all social, cultural moral and economic upheavals but the fact of the matter stays firm; all things appear as a result of hunger and deprivation. All great revolutions in the world started from empty stomachs. Empty stomach is again due to worldwide and overall depressions. I am sure critics don’t find links of floods in China with PPP or its esteemed rulers. PPP doesn’t have more than a few months to go. I strongly suggest the PPP architects to find out the names of few hundreds who are instrumental for this so-called chaos and punish them to the wall.
AMJAD H MIRZA
Lahore
