If they cannot protect themselves, how can the common man expect to be protected by them?
SUKKUR: The letter is with reference to your editorial “Headless chickens” (August 18). Those in the Sindh government are only schooled to promote mediocrities. Politicians in Sindh foster mediocrities by allowing semi-educated yes men to lead key positions because all they want is not to be questioned on their massive corruption. No work of ordinary citizens gets done, unless they have links in the government. The height of the Sindh government’s flagrant disregard of merit can be gauged from the recently selected assistant sub-inspector posts on merit. These persons are now being refused offer letters, resulting in the case being appealed to the court by the selected candidates. Politicians in the upper echelons don’t spare even the lower rung of society. The same pattern is followed from top to bottom. If anybody is found working honestly, he or she is forced to leave the job. Some months ago, the chairman of the Sindh Public Service Commission was coerced into leaving his position, according to his own statement given following his resignation. It is shameful that the Sindh government does not allow honest people to work undisturbed.
Of late, the Sindh government has also started to react negatively towards the federal government in the wake of the current Rangers’ operation. Its angry outburst was also seen when the federal government allowed NAB and the FIA to conduct audits into the Sindh government’s massive maladministration and brazen corruption. The provincial government, if working efficiently and honestly, is empowered to work without interruption by the federal government, but the province’s politicians lament being discriminated against — similar to the unskilled carpenter always blaming his tools for his poor work. The government’s excuse to avoid being held responsible for the ailments that Sindh has been experiencing is uncalled for. The worst it can do is to deny its incompetence and ineptitude. Ironically, it goes on to falsely defend its contention that other provinces are also more or less on the same page, followed by cliched statements of the sacrifices the ruling party in Sindh has given.
The people of Sindh wish for a day when incompetent politicians are sent home, along with their caravans of vehicles, both private and governmental, causing needless trouble to people on the road. If they cannot protect themselves, how can the common man expect to be protected by them?
Riaz Mahar
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2015.
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