Even the man in the street here is well versed in the “Minus One Formula” as the phrase is a regular feature of our political discourse — a local infection, as it were.
Politics
Outside KP, the PTI government succeeded to a large extent in building a perception of having introduced major reforms in the governance system. But, one needs to dig deeper into the facts to reach the conclusion of whether PTI’s assertions are genuine or a bluff.
Water shortage in Sindh is a reality, especially in the tail areas of many districts, which has made millions of acres of irrigated land barren in the past 20 years. Corruption, political influence, and mismanagement are the real causes of the water shortage on both sides of the Indus River, which is damaging agriculture.
In an attempt to understand the growing problems and in lieu of the recent announcement of the Karachi Transformation Plan, we sat down with Mr. Asad Umar, the Federal Minister for Planning and Development.
Criticism against the Buzdar-led Punjab government was not only being made by the general public and the opposition parties, but dissenting voices from within the ruling party were getting stronger every passing day, too.
The main reason for the wheat crisis, according to officials and documents, is the smuggling of the commodity to Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as the prices in the international market are higher compared to Pakistan.