Pakistan’s prime minister Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani paid a visit today to “Nine Zero”. After meeting with the MQM leadership there, he decided to reverse a recent fuel price hike. A very welcoming decision indeed, for the common man in Pakistan. A decision every Pakistani, and not only MQM, had been demanding since that fuel price hike. What’s really frustrating is that the decision to reverse the fuel price hike was taken only after the prime minister realized that he had lost all his allies, and could lose his Government as a result. Protests on the streets by the citizens had nothing to do with this decision. Decisions like this, make a common man wonder if he even exists in the eyes of this Government.
Reacting to the news of price hike reversal, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton has called this decision a mistake. According to her, “the Government of Pakistan must reform its economic laws and regulations, including those that affect fuel and its cost”. And it looks like, in her opinion, the only way to do that is to make everything too expensive for common man to afford. A have read a number of reactions to Mrs. Clinton’s remarks on different news websites. Most people telling her to mind her own business. Here is my reaction to her statement. Mrs. Clinton, I dare you to come to Pakistan, try finding a job here without your fancy dancy American citizenship just like a common Pakistani, and when you do get a job worth a few thousand rupees, let me know how you feel about these price hikes every few days. Until then, yes everybody else is right when they say, “MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS”.
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