KARACHI:
Pakistan has long faced a leadership crisis due to undemocratic norms and practices. Our leadership has failed to steer the country out of socioeconomic crises. One reason for this is that a majority of the leaders belong to affluent backgrounds because of which they fail to connect with the masses and their problems. Most leaders come to power with personal agendas and aims and fail to form socioeconomic policies that can benefit the people and bring about development.
Decades of poor policies, mismanagement, and the absence of good governance have plunged the country into an unending crisis. This coupled with constant political instability and poor security conditions have affected economic activity in Pakistan. Local and international investors are not keen on investing in an uncertain situation. The power struggle between the government and the opposition is not only adding to the overall instability, but also exhausting resources and time.
As always, the incumbent government blames their predecessors for the economic turmoil. The people are struggling with multiple problems in the shape of inflation, unemployment, poverty, etc. The government does not seem to have any solution for the ongoing issues. During such a situation where do the masses find any relief? The political leadership needs to put aside their egos and cooperate with each other to resolve the problems engulfing the country. Without political stability, we can never achieve economic growth.
Habibullah Soomro
Tharparkar
Published in The Express Tribune, March 14th, 2023.
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