Tuesday 9 October 2018

Economic recovery & change

People are still questioning Buzdar's capacity & abilities as CM. Confusing issues is an art of politicians but here it seems pointless. CM is a dummy & nothing is confusing about it. PM wants his 'foot'hold in Punjab. He wants to control & run Punjab all by himself. He doesn't want a wise well rounded decision maker in Punjab, he just wants a decoy & Buzdar is his man. He unequivocally announced that Buzdar was there to stay. Imran is playing genious & Buzdar is playing dumb in both literal & figurative meanings. Buzdar is the perfect natural for a ghoofy character. How honest & simple he can continue to play, remains to be seen. He already crossed the line in DPO Pakpattan's case which also exposed Maneka Family's shameful show of power along with Ahsan Jameel Gujjar. Does CM learn fast or learn at all also remains to be seen.
With executive powers at his disposal & keeping Interior Ministry along with direct control of Punjab & KPK, IK is up to something big. But any amount of change; little, significant or substantive, will come with economic stability. So first priority shall be economy. After initial turbulence (nearly until a year), things may start to improve at all fronts.  Might have to give him 1000 days (nearly 3 years) instead of 100 because there is a mess of seven decades that needs to be cleaned up. Whereas, his team is niether prepared nor seems capable for the task. How long IK can pull this ship-wreck on his own again remains to be seen.
In any case, corrupt are in for a ride. IK seems geed up for a conclusive round of anti corruption drive in the country. There is a lot of political mileage in anti corruption gains but is it a diversion from shambolic economy or they really mean it? Will they be able to weather the economic typhoon side by side political slonangeering of 5 million homes, 10 Miliion jobs, anti corruption campaign, equality in education plantation, local bodies' empowerment, police reforms, health department upgradation & accessibility, tourism, dams, etc etc.
For the past couple of weeks, govt played information monster's onslaught on to its opponents quite well. Followed by PM's speech yesterday, just to secure support for bye-elections. Excellent electioneering ploy. It may yield good results as well.
But our expectation is not only a politically aware PTI which latches on every given political opportunity like other stereotypes, but also the one which promised change. That little promise of change is subject to economic recovery & subsequent stabalization. PTI govt's real test has begun. If they couldn't put genie of economy back in to the bottle, they would be able to change very little. Hoping for good is our only option.
Only Allah knows the whole Truth