25th October, 2020
After a series of corrupt governments, Imran Khan, a former Pakistani cricketer established himself and his political party PTI (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf) as the new government of Pakistan in 2018. One of the recent threats to his government is the growth of united opposition parties as the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) with the claim of corruption on PTI. With the addition of COVID-19 pandemic, this movement has become a constant obstacle for the development of Pakistan. PDM claim that Imran and his government is responsible for the inflation in the country. But for their knowledge, inflation is a problem which is being dealt by each and every part of the world.
The most important reason is the COVID-19 lockdown for the recession and inflation in market. It has resulted in a great downfall of the world economy. Furthermore, according to all the opposition parties, PTI cannot govern the country well. But it is just the third year of PTI government; and no party in the world can solve the problems caused by corruption and mismanagement of past 2 to 3 decades in just a span of 3 years. Also, it was the PDM itself ruling the country for last 20 years. They were eating all the money of Pakistan and took huge amount of loans from IMF for feeding themselves on the name of Pakistan, and this has been proven by the court with proper evidences. Imran Khan isn’t responsible for the corruption because it’s just his first time in power.
Such great level of mismanagement and debts on the country has led to the creation of piled problems of Pakistan, which are left to be dealt by Imran khan right now. As far as development is concerned; there had been no proper policies implementation, strategic planning and effective reforms made by the government in past years. There has also been an absence of proper usage of modern technology and digitalization which affected the trade and other economic figures (such as the exports, balance of payments and the GDP) of the country negatively.
Exchange rates have also increased; and dollar and gold is getting more and more expensive. The quality of product has been exploited in industries such as the textile industries. Due to high increase in population, there has been a decrease in surplus production for the export. There is also a nonexistence of RNDs in pharmaceutical industries.
Pakistan being a Muslim country experiences Eid-ul-Adha and huge amount of animals are being slaughtered throughout the country and therefore it has a great potential for leather and meat industries, but disorganization doesn’t allow it to flourish.
Today, it can be seen how the PTI government has changed the direction of the country from the path of corruption to the path of development. Though, it is a difficult way but it leads to prosperity. Inflation and high taxes will help Pakistan payback the loans of it. Development needs a series of constant policies and long term planning, which is discouraged by continuous changes in such policies, as every new government discards the previous policies and create their own fresh new policies. Similarly, it isn’t possible for the recent government to complete this work in such less time. It is intelligible that it is difficult for the citizens of Pakistan to deal with inflation, in addition to the rapid increase in population and the rate of unemployment and poverty. But, they have to understand that it is very beneficial for us as well as our future generations. Pakistani inhabitants are consumption-orientated ones; so they need to save more money and spend less on unwanted luxuries of life, which will help them in future. As the cost of basic necessities are also touching the sky, they also need to help the needy, who can’t afford the basic needs of life. This will help them effectively compete together with current hard situations of the country and those upcoming in the future. I hope that soon my beloved nation, Pakistan gets free from debts and corruption and prosper itself in today’s modern world.
Opinions and thoughts of Mustafa Chakera
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