Re: KP govt approves Rs13bn development projects
In Pakistan, politics has sadly reached the lowest depths where style is buoyantly preferred over substance. Your post reeks of marked irony which is sadly, the most eye catching point of your post. So irony is that you are accusing PTI supporters for following Imran like a cult leader, but the way yourself and others consistently sings songs of Shahbaz Sharif is also what cult followers do. There’s a group out there that sure wants Shahbaz Sharif to have a cult following of his own, and I think he does already. PMLN supporters have no problem playing personality politics in the name of Shahbaz Sharif, but why kick a fuss when someone like Imran - who bears an age old genuine bond with all Pakistanis beyond politics - is deeply respected and trusted? I’m sorry these arguments are getting so redundant. If you want people to go out their way to acknowledge and praise Shahbaz Sharif, then you should also get rid of your illiberalism and acknowledge and accept the influence and goodwill Imran holds amongst the public, and striving efforts he’s making to reform politics and a province. Only in a third world premature democracies, a person calling for an electoral reform and investigation into rigging claims will be criminalised to teeth. It says more about the society as a whole, than the individual in question.
Frankly speaking, your arguments that Imran and all leaders must be ‘taking hands’ on approach on all building sites is an insult to readers’ intelligence. What has PTI leaders holding public address on every forthrightly weekend got anything to do with contractors and local authority not doing their work - the people who are ultimately responsible for monitoring the development work on daily basis? Let me tell you something, the breathtaking spectacular that was London 2012 Olympic site was built in less than two years, and as a Londonder I don’t remember Boris Johnson, Cameron, Osborne, Hague etc standing on builders’ head and getting the work done. Boris Johnson must’ve made total of 2-3 visits to Olympic site, and that too mainly to fullfill formalities.
I don’t see what exactly is ultimate purpose of indulge in bleakly depressing scepticism and opportunistically prophesying that PTI will not complete these work, despite knowing well and truly that four years are more than enough to time complete such projects. Such sinister attitude only suggest one thing - that you are baiting for PTI to fail.
Lastly, I’d like to wrap up my post with one final point. KPK is part of also Pakistan. If Punjab is the front door of Pakistan against our arch rival India, then KPK is our back-door against increasingly hostile and revenge prone neighbours. It’s imperative that the province mends its broken spirits and finds its lost moral to achieve the success, stability and prosperity it deserve. In other words, much needed and timely initiatives and all the best to PTI in completing them.