With the national currency losing its value against the American dollar, hyperinflation is an obvious result. The worst affected happens to be the social middle class which is feeling the brunt of what looks like a pre-default era.
I wonder what allows our political leaders to expect anyone to support them when all they have given the masses is a serious and constant escalation in the cost of living.
Taxation has been heavy and unjust, and prices have gone through the roof. There has been no relief whatsoever.
The common man has to fend for himself: pay exorbitant utility bills, taxes and then has to fund his own security. The state of affairs as well as the affairs of the state are both deplorable, to say the least.
Furthermore, it is imperative to realise that hardly any politician today has the capability of being a leader: it is naïve to think any of them is sincerely striving for the betterment of the common man. Leadership in Pakistan is a game of chess, and we are all pawns at the mercy of higher institutions.
When you cannot provide opportunities to your optimistic and energetic youth, they will have no choice but to leave the country, contributing further to the brain drain. This is something that can be frowned upon, but this is the only recourse left for many in the land. This is what the absence of leadership can do to a country.
M ABDULLAH QURESHI
KARACHI
