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Why the general public is fed up with the government so soon..?

Respected Ahsan Iqbal Sahab,

AoA.

Sir,

The ground realities of the last 14 months, absolutely negates your statement of joy, over the news about the improvement in the ranking of Pakistan, by the Moody’s.

As such, it is very difficult to believe your words, to wait for another 4 years, for the turnaround of the country, under the PMLN’s rule.

The proof of the pudding always lies in its eating.

The mother of all questions is that what is the difference and change of the power load shedding situation, comparatively prevailing between the PPP and the PMLN’s governments?

The answer is that we are getting the same amount of electricity as before, but at the 100% increased rates.

Moreover, the new addition of torture, which was not prevalent in the PPP rule, is that throughout the country, the power is supplied at, as low as 170 Volts, under PMLN’s 14 months era.

Further, the FM has already committed with the IMF, to again increase the power rates to almost another 100%.

Perhaps, the main reason for the extremely high utility rates is; that the government after lacking the will and utterly failing in recovery of outstanding bills, has decided to go the easy way, of putting further burden on those honest citizens, who pay each and every penny of all of their utility (inflated) bills.

Now, this wrong policy has created so much public anger and hatred against the government: that if there was an overnight change, rest assured, the whole nation will distribute the sweets….. again.

So, please don’t live in the cloud nine and come to the ground for God’s sake; and see the mood of the general public and its perception about your government, which is badly defamed for extravagant expenditures of Crores of Rupees on purchases of latest model BMW’s, highly costly foreign tours, purchase of expensive dogs, almost free five star meals being served to the parliamentarians in the NA cafeteria, dishing out very expensive and absolutely unnecessary jobs to the favourite people in the government organisations, etc. etc.

What is revealed from the above facts?

The answer is simple and straight forward…that there is a total disconnect from the problems of the voters and the general public, of the ruling elite of Pakistan.

This disconnect is proved by the daily mantra of the PMLN’s leadership, telling the public to be patient and give them the chance to rule for another four years; to set the things in order, which is akin to the famous quote of the French princess during the French Revolution, when she said if the people were hungry and they don’t have bread, why can’t they eat the cake? Hope you also remember that once Pervaiz Musharraf said the same thing that if the vegetables were costly, why can’t the public eat the chicken? Pervaiz Musharraf also said at the peak of the lawyers agitation that he was unable to see the huge crowds of the agitating lawyers, from the president’s house.

Now, the same type of talk is being done by the PMLN’s leaders, which is a classic proof of their disconnect from the general public.

The biggest problem with the disconnect is that it is never ever visible at the far end to the rulers; and they are always surprised that if people are not getting the bread, why can’t they eat the cake?

Sir, the people will be happily ready to give you not only the next 4 years, but the next 40 years, as well, but just inform the public what tangible sacrifices the leaders are giving for the public? People will never buy the argument of Metro Bus or other mega projects, if they are sleeping hungry, ill and without gas, water and electricity. Yes, public will allow you to lead them, if they see two stones are also tied up with the empty bellies of their rulers.

Always remember genuine leaders rule by example, not by hollow slogans.

All the vibes coming from the PMLN leaders confirm that it was no more a party of the poor. Rather, very sadly, it looks to be a party of the super rich royalty, totally devoid and detached, from the issues being faced by the general public.

Perhaps, due to this very reason, the sensible political parties keeps the party and the government positions separate.

It is hoped that you will not take the above bitter realities, explained by me as an offence, but as they say, it will be considered as an honest and free customer feed back, worth weighing in the gold.

As they say in marketing jargon, the customer is always right.

With best wishes,

Yours truly,

Nayyar

Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad

Lahore.

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Respected Ahsan Iqbal Sahab,

AoA.

Sir,

The ground reality of the last one year negates your statement and it is very difficult to believe your words, to wait another 4 years, for the turnaround of the country under PMLN’s rule.

The proof of the pudding lies in its eating.

What is the difference of the power load shedding situation between the PPP and the PMLN government?

We are getting same amount of electricity but at the 100% increased rates.

Moreover, the new addition which was not in the PPP rule is that throughout the country, the power is supplied at, as low as 170 Volts, under PMLN era.

Further, the FM has committed with the IMF to again increase the power rates to almost 100%.

This is because the government after lacking the will and utterly failing in recovery of outstanding bills, has decided to go the easy way, of putting further burden on those honest people, who pay each and every penny of the utility (inflated) bills.

Now, this wrong policy has created so much public anger against your government that if there was an overnight change, rest assured, the whole nation will distribute the sweets again.

So, please don’t live in the cloud nine and come to the ground for God’s sake; and see the mood of the general public and its perception about your government, which is defamed for extravagant expenditures of Crores of Rupees on BMW’s, foreign tours, dogs, almost free five star meals to the parliamentarians in the NA cafeteria, dishing out very expensive employments to the favourite people in the government organisations, etc. etc.

It is hoped that you will not take the above bitter realities explained by me as an offence, but as they say, it will be considered an honest and free customer feed back, worth weighing in gold.

As they say in marketing jargon, the customer is always right.

With best wishes,

Yours truly,

Nayyar

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@nayyarahmad: An open letter to Mr. Ahsan Iqbal..! My dear Ahsan Iqbal Sahab, AoA. There is no need for rejoicing on the imp… http://t.co/QQtyYbJPBV

So called Indian Banana official rate is Rs.155/Dozen but in the market in Lahore it is selling above Rs.250/Dozen.
Where is the law or everyone is above the law..?
Provincial government has totally surrendered before the profiteers.
Where is the government which has totally surrendered before the challenges of providing electricity, gas, POL, eatables, etc etc..!

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Modi government committed to lower taxes, finance minister Arun Jaitley says

Surojit Gupta & Sidhartha,TNN | Jul 15, 2014, 01.40 AM IST

BUT PMLN’s GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONLY COMMITTED TO INCREASE TAXES AND RATES OF UTILITY BILLS WHICH IT HAS ALREADY VERY HAPPILY DOUBLED IN JUST FEW MONTHS OF ITS RULE AND NOW HAS COMMITTED WITH THE IMF TO FURTHER DOUBLE THE RATES..!

However, BMW’s and dogs worth crores of Rupees will BE purchased from the tax payers money as usual, for their own comfort and security of the rulers..!

LET THE GENERAL PUBLIC GO TO HELL..!