According to newspaper reports, the government could not meet most of its targets which the ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, had set in its election manifesto and it has even ignored the agenda of its reforms for economic development of the country. Some experts believe the party has lost its tempo and changed its priorities a few months after taking over the reins of powers. If its performance is good in one sector, it is a disaster in another and it is the case of missed priorities. The first and main issue before the government was to improve electricity production in the country, but it has miserably failed in this sector. After the passage of three years in the office, the people are still living in darkness and are fed on the false promises and new deadlines.To achieve self-reliance in electricity is still a far cry. Industries still face hours of load shedding as thousands of man-hours are lost every day without any hope of improvement in the power supply in the near future.
Experts also blame the government for moving away from the path of sustainable economic reforms and it is concentrating only on the development of infrastructure projects in the country. However, the development of infrastructure is also necessary for the development of economy but the government should have to devise multi-prong strategies to equally implement the agenda of its reforms in every sector of the economy. The way the country’s affairs are being managed are creating doubts in the mind of people as it seems the government is missing or has lost its credibility. People are still in doubt that who is the chief executive of the country as the business community as well as the common man are facing enormous problems at the hands of the government authorities, but no one is at home to listen to their problems. Since the top leadership is missing from the national scene, it lends credence to the rumours that the government is only buying time to complete its tenure.
Power supply is the basic requirement for the industry but the whole electricity system in the country, from production to distribution needs to be restructured. Billions of units are pilfered every day in the name of line losses but the burden is placed on common citizens. The things will not improve by words, but by action and actions are missing from beginning to end. It is hoped that the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League will spare some time to revisit its list of priorities and will fill the missing links in the agenda of its economic reforms.
