Only 2.5 percent of people in Pakistan get university education: Miftah
PESHAWAR
Former Prime Minister and senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Saturday that all successive governments have badly failed to deliver and stabilize country’s economy, saying people are reeling under the burden of record inflation and extreme poverty whereas the politicians of the country are busy in political gimmicks.
He expressed these views while addressing a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club (PPC) along with other leaders including former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Lashkar Raisani, Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti and other leaders.
PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the political environment and economic condition of the country have reached boiling points owing to the leadership of the political parties.
“Loathing the opposing party has taken over the country’s politics,” expressing disappointment he said the current system would not provide any way out. Mustafa Nawaz Khokar on this occasion maintained that politicians, judiciary, establishment and other institutions of the country have to work jointly for resolving the long standing issues of the country.
We need to work on an action plan for leading the country toward prosperity and development, he added and said that stability of the country is linked to cooperation and effective consultation among the all stockholders.
The situation demands pragmatic action, political consensus and long term policies to steer out the country from the ongoing crisis, Khokhar added.
Blunders committed by the heads of the institutions, political parties and others should be accountable and exposed before the public, he added. Former Prime Minister lamented that Nawaz Sharif was disqualified after opening false cases against him, adding that country progress was reversed to serve vested interests of a few individuals.
Earlier, addressing a seminar titled “Re-Imaging Pakistan” at Nishtar Hall Peshawar; Abbasi criticized the government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for failing to initiate the process of development in ex-Fata.
Addressing the seminar via video link, former finance minister Miftah Ismail alleged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and his team did nothing for the country and erstwhile Fata.
PTI left the country in a very poor condition economically, he added and said owing to the policies of the political parties, very limited people get access to education, especially university level of education.
“Only 2.5 percent of people in Pakistan get university education,” Miftah Ismail added.
Former finance wizard reacted to the depreciation of the rupee against the dollar and rising inflation across the country urging the incumbent government to raise the minimum wages to Rs35,000.
More than 86 percent of children are facing malnutrition in an Islamic state like Pakistan. Common masses’ trouble is increasing day by day, he added.
