Elections to the Senate were over the other day after a lot of hassling and ifs and buts. Politicians fancy sitting in it for a variety of reasons. First, for six years they enjoy a lot of facilities like a very handsome pay package, visit in various official delegations abroad at state expense, second, free Medicare and reasonable travelling allowance so they don’t mind spending an hefty amount for getting a seat in the Senate. Third since pelf has a great power in this country no nobody can ask them any question to show how come they had made a quick buck in a trice. As far as service expected by the nation from them in lieu of so many monetary benefits given to them out of taxpayer money the less said the better. Most of our Parliamentarians, whether they sit in the national assembly, senate, or in the provincial assemblies, are pro-elite.
It has been observed that whenever they legislated any law it was not for the good of the poor or for the amelioration of the lot of the have-nots; on the contrary, it catered for the financial interests of the elite and of various mafias that run the economy of the country.
POSTSCRIPT
The JUI chief wasn’t far wrong when he said the other day that the experiment of merger of FATA with KPK has failed miserably. Had the then KPK sounded out the tribal bigwigs and old experienced political officers who had worked in FATA and who had firsthand experience of the psyche of tribesmen, their customs and Riwaj and ground realities obtaining in the tribal belt things would not have come to such a pass. The erstwhile Brits weren’t fools. They had introduced the indirect system of governance their after a lot of experience. The writ of the government has touched its nadir since the merger in question. How to put the clock back is a big question that stares in the face of powers that be. What was the big deal in upsetting the applecart of a system based on collective tribal territorial geographical responsibility which had stood the test of time is not understandable.
It has done more harm than good to the law and order of not only FATA but its adjoining revenue districts, to boot.
