In a country like Pakistan and a capital like Islamabad, where its impossible to carry a bottle of wine freely for a common man, or in a city where if a young man comes out of a hotel in wee hours alone he is stopped by patrolling police and asked in a strange tone, “What are you carrying in your trunk my lord?” In a fight against terrorism, Pakistan has suffered public convenience, public spots are caged, fenced, public access is made limited to most of the sensitive areas resulting into a congested traffic and associated environmental issues.
Now imagine a police officer in a capital city, he gets abducted and is found dead later in Afghanistan. Such a gruesome mishap has raised eyebrows, Pakistan has already suffered a lot due to war against terrorism, sons of the soil have lost their precious lives. Still, Pakistan is fighting for a peaceful tomorrow, the number of soldiers and civilians martyred has been alarming. Pakistan with two other countries lost half a million lives in US war on terror.
The government had introduced National Action Plan, Punjab and other provinces established Counter Terrorism Department under Home ministries. These departments, Punjab in particular, showed progress and content check and other factors were also considered to eliminate or minimize the sectarian issues. Apparently, the progress was pretty visible but an event like this has snatched the feeling of safety and this sense of insecurity would be another blow to public just like other issues including price hike in energy sector specially.
If this is not addressed immediately, the Foreign Direct Investment shall go down further as it has unfortunately been reduced by over 40 percent. Pakistan doesn’t need bailout package alone, but it requires proper restructuring and rejuvenation of the system. It is undoubtedly true that PTI led government was handed over the country when it was in a bad shape but improvement aside, any loopholes left would further aggravate the problems not filled by mere bailout.
