The Pakistani Spectator

The truth is that the present government has given nothing but gloom, frustration and desperation to the nation so far and the uglier thing is that there is no hope left for the people. Already the air in Islamabad is polluted by the scandals of the ministers of PPP, and the reality that the government is actually run by the Zardari through Rehman Malik has rendered the government institutions useless.

In these times the demands made by the PML(N) from the government are right to the till. PML(N) presented an 11-point charter of demands, and called upon President Asif Ali Zardari to quit as co-chairman of the PPP, avoid politicising the President House, form a House committee for the release of missing persons, fulfil all his promises, restore the genuine judiciary, implement the CoD, restore the Constitution in its real shape of 1973 where power was with the prime minister, empower parliament, formulate a sovereign foreign policy, reduce POL prices, take parliament into confidence on load-shedding, get approval of the IMF package and also the privatisation policy of the government with special reference to the Qadirpur gas field from parliament.

This government is very heavy. In addition to 55 ministers, there are advisers, special assistants and a number of every kind of ambassadors that push the strength to 87, and still there are news of more additions and offshoots. PML(N) should also push government severely, instead of just presenting demands and making speeches.

Last 5 posts by Sameer Shaharyar

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