Political dynasties, ambitious generals and imported PMs brings economy to the brink
Selfless middleclass leadership can bailout country from political and economic turmoil
National Traders Alliance has said that Pakistan is unstable politically and economically even after decades of experimentation and now we are being ruled by a coalition that is poles apart in their thinking pattern with questionable vision about market and economy.
Political families, aspiring military generals, imported Prime Ministers and some bureaucrats have ruled mostly in Pakistan and many of them are directly responsible for the political and economic chaos, said Malik Sohail Hussain, Vice President, Quami Tajir Ittehad Pakistan and former Senior Vice President Islamabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry in a statement issued here Saturday.
Major economic decision are taken on political considerations and the recent budget is a obvious example how our leaders prefer their agenda on national interests. “We need a new brand of middleclass leadership with a single-minded focus on national development who must be educated or at least well aware in the science of economics,” said Hussain.
He said that our politics in unfortunately revolving around few powerful families who would never allow middle or lower-middle-class politicians to emerge as a threat to their political domination. That is why education is one of the most disliked subjects in the areas lying in the control of feudal lords.
“We have the right type of talented and dedicated potential leaders, but the platforms are lacking. The political parties are shy in announcing internal reforms that has resulted in political dictatorship in almost all the major and provincial parties with some exceptions,” he added.
Some sections of masses are to be blamed as their hero-worshiping tendencies has ensured sequence of powerful leaders in the same families. Admiring legendary leaders is a positive inclination but their replacements should be gauged on their own qualities.
In Pakistan we have majority of leaders from Bhutto Family, Zardari Family, Sharif (Mian) Family, Chaudhry Family, Qureshi Family, Gillani Family, Awan Family, Malik Family, Khosa Family, Rashdi Family, Bhatti Family, Jatoi Family, Mufti Family, Haq Family, Leghari Family, Bugti Family, Badshah Khan’s Family, Magsi Family, Zia-ul-Haq Family, Rehman Family, Soomro Family, Noon Family, Qazi Family, Ayub Family, Syeds, Pirs, Maulanas, Nawabs and Gujars etc.
The political and religious parties are being run on the nomination; a son or a daughter is nominated as the party head after his or her father’s or mother’s death or retirement.
The glaring example of this trend is the nomination of a college student after assassination of a Prime Minister. Everyone knows that he spent much of his short life abroad and out of the public eye but no one challenged the move which speaks volumes about internal democracy in a party that takes pride in being champion of majority rule.
A number of leaders were legendary but later political mantle is inherited; solely by virtue of birth. Most of such successors have done nothing for Pakistan except continuation of status quo. They just agree on cheating masses, rule one after another and forgiving each other’s crimes and corruption which is said to be to the tune of billions of dollars.
These politicians have no interest in making life of common man less difficult by introducing true economic reforms but only push authoritarian hierarchical government, said Malik Sohail Hussain.
Some members of these families and military Generals are believed to be hand in glove with the 40 richest families of Pakistan who are sitting on resources of Pakistan and accumulating more wealth on the cost of masses.
The rulers especially imported Prime Ministers have frequently been blamed for framing policies to make them richer and defending their interests which clashes with the interest of masses.
These elements have deprived commoners at large and have formed policies that suits their masters in west.–End
