Praising the PPP Government
The PPP government is not liked by many a Pakistani, including this scribe owing to its poor governance.The talk of the town or chowks is of change with mid-term elections and army rule been touted as the solution for our ills. I remain a principled opponent of the PPP government, yet it needs to be said that I stand 100% with the PPP government and passionately support the government to fulfil its full five-year term, end of.
Praising the PPP government does not come easy to me even though I am a principled opponent. However the government has impresed me in terms of their dealing with the IDP’s of Swat and Malakand Division. I recall then that the majority popular opinion and political elites had decided that the IDP’s will be unable to return soon and that the Pakistan Army would fail in Swat. The facts speak for themselves with the Taliban defeated in Swat and the wider Malakand Division and the IDP’s returning to their homes in droves.
Indeed the statistics say it all with 85% IDPs from Swat, 97% from Buner, 94% from Shangla and 92% from Lower Dir having returned to their areas. And so I want to say well done to the PPP government in ensuring the safe return of the IDP’s and for defeating the Taliban in Swat. Let us hope this success is the first of many for the PPP government as it seeks to improve its performance across the board especially in governance.
