President Addressing Nation Now !

S02 · October 19, 2005, 10:46am

Re: President Addressing Nation Now !

MehnazQ:

Gemini, I know how corrupt and disgusting the Pakistani government has been in the past. I’m also sure there are a few individuals right now who are doing whatever they can to pocket money/donations … be it individual citizens that have apparently moved into the area (according to some reports on Geo) or even people within the government. Putting the entire government system down though at THIS moment in time, that I don’t agree with. If anything, it is like you have said, a lack of organization … and I don’t think it’s because of laziness or a lack of desire to help … I think it’s due to the fact that this earthquake and scope of devastation is just too much for the government alone to handle. Musharraf has even repeatedly said on t.v. that they need as much help as possible cause this not something they are prepared to handle.

I don’t mean any offence to anybody. I’m just very tired of the government being bashed from the minute the earthquake happened. It’s only been over a week and the weather there has been absolutely terrible, as we all know. It is not like they are just sitting doing nothing. If in a few weeks the money is still just sitting there gathering dust or has mysteriously disappeared and these 500,000 people still need to be reached or those people are dead, THEN we should demand answers. Right now, we need to give them a chance and support every effort they are making. At least that is the way I see it.

If Musharraf has any sense, in the coming weeks, he will provide a breakdown of exactly where the money went for everybody’s benefit. We simply do not know where this money is being spent.

Agreed.