F.P. Report
LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has questioned the incumbent government’s capability, saying that the political leadership’s failure was the reason behind current crisis.
Addressing a seminar, titled “Re-Imagining Pakistan on Saturday, he said he did not see any positive indicator regarding the national economy. Abbasi maintained that incompetent leadership will only cause harm to the country instead of resolving the issues.
The problems of the country are increasing with each passing day, he said adding that personal enmity and hatred among the political parties are also increasing at the alarming length. Khaqan said that the country’s system has failed. The failure of leadership, which includes political, judicial, and military leadership, is the main reason behind the country’s numberless problems.
He opined that institutes spend time defining their constitutional boundaries nowadays. “The Constitution offers a clear scheme of things to run affairs of the state but its disrespect and violations in the domain of others have made mockery of the entire system,” he asserted.
“People are also debating whether the decision OF SC was three or four or something else.” Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz senior leader Shahid Abbasi said it is a fact that the integrity of Pakistan is under threat.
“The local government system is a constitutional requirement but it is not being implemented.” Abbasi maintained that members of national assembly and provincial assemblies are at odds with the local government. “When all institutions work together, the country will develop,” he said adding Today, you cannot form a cabinet of ten people who can run the system of the country. Criticizing the present electoral system, he said the elected people do not have the capacity or ability to deliver in the ministry.
The former premier said that when the capacity of politicians is lost, then the country does not run. “Our bureaucracy is needed overhauling.” He observed that a secretary cannot run the system until political leadership gives a vision. “Those who win and lose or disqualify people also have a hand in the destruction of the political system.” He revealed that a federal officer does not work in the federation but prefers to work in the provinces. Ask him why a federal officer is working in a tehsil, he raised a question.
The federal secretary does not prepare a summary and give it to the Prime Minister for fear of NAB. The rules of NAB should be changed, he hinted. The minister should be responsible for all the affairs of the ministry instead of a secretary, he suggested.
Meanwhile, addressing the seminar, Miftah Ismail said that Pakistan is stuck in a worst economic situation. Now, it may take years to recover from this situation, he said adding that Pakistan has to return Rs 6000 billion in interest this year. He said that the world is no longer in the mood to give money to Pakistan. No foreign investment is in the pipeline, he added.
He lamented that Pakistan could not even reduce one percent of its population. Miftah Ismail said that the government is also a total failure in higher education and school education. “Madrasahs could not be registered nor could uniform curriculum be implemented in the country.
He said that the government could not give an end to the hunger of the population for the last 75 years. “All the successive governments failed completely in introducing a proper health and education system for the masses.” (NNI)
