OUR rulers ought to have given serious thought to Confucius’ theory of economy. He was of the view that those who do not economise will have to agonise. Our privileged ruling class preferred to live on lavish spending and blame each other for this luxury.

Our first leader who approached International Monetary Fund to get a loan was to be cursed than praised for making Pakistan dependent on loans. The ruling and the opposition parties are all guilty of borrowing.

However, they all pretend to forget their own doings and taunt each other for mortgaging future of the country. Though all are responsible for this act, they brawl and wrangle among themselves instead of seriously coming together to get the country out of this quagmire. I wonder if any party or leader is really sincere to the country. All they seem to care about is their hold on power and personal gains.

Raja Shafaatullah
Islamabad

Published in Dawn, June 27th, 2019