The Reality of PMLN in Punjab and Federal government

Election 2018 are around the corner and all political parties are expressing their planes of nation development to the public. This is happening after the successful completion of 2^nd   successive democratic government in Pakistan which will transfer powers to the next government through general elections. It’s important for us to have a look at the action planes and slogans of major political forces inside the country keeping in mind their previous performances. These major political forces are Pakistan Tahreek-a-Insaf lead by Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League Nwaz lead be Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan People Party lead by Bilawal and Zardari. There are other regional players like Pak Sarzameen Party lead by Mustafa Kamal, MQM Pakistan, Mutahida Majlis-a-Amal lead by Maulana Fazlurrahman and Baluchistan Awami Party. If you read every party’s manifesto, it looks like a good action plane on paper. They seem to be very positive and productive. But the major issue is the proper implementation of these action planes which always have been very doubtful. Let’s take a critical look at which party is standing where in terms of their accomplished promises and what are they offering for next term.I will start from the current ruling party in the federal government and country’s biggest province Punjab. Their main focus has been on infrastructure development in Particular areas of the province. The GT road belt has always been their center of attention as their main vote bank also resides here. Last year I had chance to visit Jhang for some work. I was staying at a place few kilometers ahead of city near Malumor on Multan road. The first impression of the area was like I have traveled 100 years back in time. Dusty roads, naked kids running on the streets and so much more even unmentionable. One of my friends fell ill one night and we failed to find even a first aid medical facility in 20 km radius. This will take too long to narrate such incidents so let’s get back to our focal point.

What happened during Nwaz Sharif's journey from Islamabad to Lahore through G T road  was a scar on Humanity.

 Punjab comprises of almost 50% population of Pakistan. 110 million people live here. Approximately less than 40 % of its population lives along G T road belt. The increased interests of pmln government suggests that they have been constantly neglecting other 50 to 60 % population of the province. We are also aware of the tragedy that the literacy rate of Pakistan stumbled from 60% to 58% in recent years. Punjab government has to be blamed for this fully or partially for not prioritizing education in the biggest Province of country. Even their federal government has been ever reducing the budgets for education as compared to other commodities. One clear example is the deduction in the budget of Higher Education Commission resulting in suppressing its abilities to promote higher education in the country.  It is a general opinion today that pmln government is expert in impressing illiterate public by making big structures. But it seems like the time has changed now as people are more aware of their civil rights than ever. This has resulted in constant shrinkage in their circle of influence. The question arises here that what is their strategy for the next elections. People are pretty much aware about their kickbacks in mega projects and grand wastage of tax payer money by establishing 56 companies in the Province. They have been ruling the nation for thirty years with few gapes and now they are asking for another term to make the difference. In last election campaign they insisted on eradicating power deficit in the country but they terribly failed to make it happen. Their second major pledge was to bring back all the looted money abroad especially from Swiss banks and they terribly failed to fulfill this pledge too.

 It is strange to hear pmln leader talking about converting Pakistani cities into European cities while they failed to do it in their last four terms. In fact their speeches has completely been ignoring the people of countryside. Seems like they don’t have any plane for these village people ever. Another point to ponder is that the world is suffering from the issue of urbanization and we seem to be promoting it. Is that provides any favor to Pakistan? As for as my thinking is concerned I consider these as senseless proclamations. What I have been noticing is the increased intensity of pmln jalsas across the country. Why they are in so much hurry? Why they cannot wait for the arrival of neutral setup? May it is because they want to ensure the maximum use of government machinery and tax payer money for their election campaign. It will not be possible once their term is over. Pmln leaders are not giving any clear road map to the public. They are confusing them by strange statements. They seem to be trying to build something out of nothing. Apparently their talks are nothing but hate speeches. It’s very painful to see some people who are well informed are supporting their false narrative. Even some people claim that politicians should not target each other through NAB and other courts. My question to these so called scholars is are political leaders above the laws of accountability? Are they not required to be honest and loyal to hold public seats?? Come on this is nonsense. In recent incidents Pmln leaders seem to be creating chaos in the country to nullify their accountability process. On the moral grounds they feel politically suppressed by their opposition. This is not a democratic behavior. They have gone to some dangerous levels of insurgency. It is potentially painful to see the approach of the ruling party of my country and I wish they realize soon that they are making a mistake. So pmln is going into general election 2018 with all these scars on their performance profiles. It will be interesting to find out that how general public will react at their strange election campaign in the general election. I hope that the people of Punjab will keep the realities in mind when they come out for casting their vote on the Election Day. Next time i will try to elaborate the performance of PPP at provincial and federal level.