The Pakistani Spectator

Today, I had a reconnaissance survey about the opinion of the people, as the IRI survey report and the BBC Globescan was rejected by the President while talking to the media yesterday. We also reject these surveys in bid as rejected by our President.

Honestly speaking, the gestures, postures & opinions of the general public are against the ex-government, but not in-favour of any other party.

People generally talk like that:

Pakistan Peoples Party that Mr Zardari plundered the money as Mr Ten (10) percent and remained in jail in many cases.

Mian Nawaz Sharif looted the industries and became a failed leader in the case of Kargil War. Before his government was over-thrown by Pervaiz Musharraf, he has gone blind in power.

PML(Q) have given a loss to the nation in many fields like price hike of commodities, a
gift of high inflation, exposing nation to terrorism, economic downfall etc.

An owner of a car wash station said, “I have no interest who comes in power, no one has done nothing for the betterment of me and my family”.

A response of an employee of a private company, “I pay income tax from my monthly salary, when I go to market to purchase soap, medicines, sugar etc I again pay tax in terms of withholding tax, general sales tax etc, when I travel on road I pay toll tax and our politicians who beg vote from us when they travel on road and never pay tax but we
wait in road blocks to wait and give them a safe passage on the road”

A Doctor said, “Please pray for the peaceful transfer of power after these so-called elections as I have doubts about the peace in post-elections period, an off-course a hung & controlled parliament is in the favour of the President’s tenure”

Another doctor said, ” I am not going to poll my vote this time as where I live there is no sewerage system, no water supply, gas supply and I am living there for 20 years. And the local government system introduced by Musharraf has hardened the life of every citizen, when no one is going to solve our problems then why to vote”.

Another citizen says,”the looters had a safe exit to his flat in London and says a mixed government is in the best interest of the country, we know who he was all the wrong done to this economy was his misdeed supervised my the President and supported by PML(Q)”

This was a general response, and honestly speaking the body language was much against the PML(Q). There are also reports that in many constituencies PML(Q) is also supporting independent candidate as covering ones.

Nation needs to show the courage to vote, whoever is close to his area must poll his/her vote.

Its time to show the courage, not from politicians but, from the President. He should come on media and address the nation and to accept that “To err is human”, a simple apology bid to the nation and a promise for surety to hold free, fair and impartial election and
willingness to accept the results of such elections, surety of the cooperation with who so ever forms the government and not to supervise the parties like PML(Q) and MQM in future and a promise to be neutral In politics. If this happens I promise the nation will again stand behind him if the newly formed government do not create a working
relationship with the President.

If it happens by both the President and by the nation it would increase the respect with in us and outside the boundaries of Pakistan, the time is running out, the time is now, may be its now or never, its time to show the courage.

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