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Monday, May 06, 2013
Power crisis : Anti-Pakistan forces pushing country into darkness: Pasban
KARACHI: President Pasban Altaf Shakoor said on Sunday the endless loadshedding across country was the biggest success of anti-Pakistan forces after fall of Dhaka, thus badly damaging the economy.He said the failing economy was causing a domino effect in Pakistani society and further deepening political instability and chaos. Persisting load shedding, worsening lawlessness and unbridled corruption have eroded the very foundations of this nation; however, the ruling class has yet to put things into perspective and take an aggressive role to foil this deep-rooted conspiracy again Pakistan and its people.
He said after the separation of East Pakistan, the second biggest conspiracy against this nation was the load shedding of electricity which had already doomed our economy. He said a decade or so ago Pakistan was in position to export its surplus electricity to India; however, the vested interests in a systematic manner damaged the electricity sector of Pakistan in camouflage of different issues including terrorism, sectarianism, extremism and political polarization. He said these successful evil designs had resulted in the present bleak scenario where electricity was too costly and too scarce to sustain Pakistani industry.
After load shedding another big blow dealt to the national economy was lawlessness, particularly, well-organised crimes including targeted killings and kidnapping for ransom in Karachi. This unprecedented lawlessness rattled the Karachi investors and resulted in a swift flight of industry and capital not only from Karachi but also from Pakistan.
“Today, Pakistani tycoons have set up lucrative industries in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and such other countries where despite high crime ratio the government fully ensure that the industrialists and investors are virtually unhurt.”
Shakoor said the doom of industry and trade had opened the floodgates of unemployment. Millions of educated youth are wandering in search of even menial jobs, but could find none. He said this massive joblessness had given birth to a new wave of crime and the negative spiral of increased crime and diminishing industry had pushed Pakistan to brink of a total economic collapse. He warned if the rulers and patriotic people of Pakistan failed to take stock of this gruesome reality this country may also witness the same fate braved by former USSR, a big nuclear power that fell on knees due to severe economic crisis and internal unrest.
The worsening economic crisis and unbridled corruption of ruling classes have created an uneven distribution of wealth. The gap between haves and have-nots is constantly widening, concentrating wealth in fewer hands. He said millions of poor Pakistani sleep hungry while a few corrupt politicians and tycoons were hoarding billions and trillions at the cost of nation and country.
Pasban president said these sad states of affairs had also played havoc with national psyche, making people cynical, angry and hopeless. He said these short-tempered people were now committing serious crimes on petty issues which shows that their tolerance level have become too thin. He said the facilities of education, healthcare and healthy recreation were becoming non-existence for poor families. He said commercialised education and healthcare had virtually closed the doors of schools and hospitals to poor Pakistani masses.
He said this critical situation was a wakeup call not only for the government but also for every Pakistani. He said untiring efforts were needed on every front, collectively and individually to save the crumbling economy and society of Pakistan.
He demanded a clear political vision and well-coordinated long term national strategy to meet the current grave challenges. ppi
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk