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#MaryamLightChaliGai: How will the energy crisis affect PML-N Politics?
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The cornerstone of Nawaz Sharif’s campaign in 2013 was the promise to eliminate load shedding of electricity in two years. With 10 hours of load shedding in Karachi and 12 on average in Lahore, rally after rally, the Sharif brothers took the stage and vigorously promised to alleviate the public of the crippling energy shortages, garnering passionate applause. PML-N blamed the previous government of deliberately increasing power cuts in Punjab and supported massive street protests throughout the country. However, well into the fourth year of PM Nawaz Sharif’s term, load shedding has still to be tackled and hours remain as bad as those seen in 2012 under the PPP government.
Empty campaign promises are part and parcel of Pakistani politics but as the summer heat intensifies the public, who voted for the PML-N in droves, will inevitably wisen up and question the true level of competency of the current government.
Empty campaign promises are part and parcel of Pakistani politics but as the summer heat intensifies the public, who voted for the PML-N, are questioning and rebuking their parliamentarians over not having electricity. Whether Panama will bring down Nawaz Sharif may seem contestable, the lack of electricity and the high tempers over it, right now do not bode well for the ruling party. Nawaz which once posed lack of electricity as a question of incompetency for the PPP now faces the same questions. The last couple of weeks saw aggressive questions and hashtags #MariamLightChaliGai throughout the social media.
Nawaz Sharif has now started to respond to this pressure and has convened three meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Energy just this month. The Ministry of Water and Power secretary Younis Dagha and additional secretary Omar Rasool have been sacked to show the government’s seriousness concerning the energy crisis. Now, the Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Water and Power to take measures to ensure minimum load shedding during the month of Ramadan.
read more: #MaryamLightChaliGai: How will the energy crisis affect PML-N Politics?
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The cornerstone of Nawaz Sharif’s campaign in 2013 was the promise to eliminate load shedding of electricity in two years. With 10 hours of load shedding in Karachi and 12 on average in Lahore, rally after rally, the Sharif brothers took the stage and vigorously promised to alleviate the public of the crippling energy shortages, garnering passionate applause. PML-N blamed the previous government of deliberately increasing power cuts in Punjab and supported massive street protests throughout the country. However, well into the fourth year of PM Nawaz Sharif’s term, load shedding has still to be tackled and hours remain as bad as those seen in 2012 under the PPP government.
Empty campaign promises are part and parcel of Pakistani politics but as the summer heat intensifies the public, who voted for the PML-N in droves, will inevitably wisen up and question the true level of competency of the current government.
Empty campaign promises are part and parcel of Pakistani politics but as the summer heat intensifies the public, who voted for the PML-N, are questioning and rebuking their parliamentarians over not having electricity. Whether Panama will bring down Nawaz Sharif may seem contestable, the lack of electricity and the high tempers over it, right now do not bode well for the ruling party. Nawaz which once posed lack of electricity as a question of incompetency for the PPP now faces the same questions. The last couple of weeks saw aggressive questions and hashtags #MariamLightChaliGai throughout the social media.
Nawaz Sharif has now started to respond to this pressure and has convened three meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Energy just this month. The Ministry of Water and Power secretary Younis Dagha and additional secretary Omar Rasool have been sacked to show the government’s seriousness concerning the energy crisis. Now, the Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Water and Power to take measures to ensure minimum load shedding during the month of Ramadan.
read more: #MaryamLightChaliGai: How will the energy crisis affect PML-N Politics?
