ISLAMABAD
\nThe Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said the selfishness of the politicians is increasing the miseries of millions of the flood affectees. The victim assistance system should not be allowed to be tainted by politics, otherwise, all resources will be exposed to corruption, it said.
\nFifty-year record of inflation in the country has been broken and to solve this, sales tax and withholding tax on the import of tomatoes and onions from Afghanistan and Iran have been abolished for four months which is insufficient for Pakistan\u2019s needs, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President PEW.
\nIn a statement issued here, he said that no decision is being taken regarding the import of food items from India, which indicates a lack of courage and indifference towards the plight of the public.
\nDr. Murtaza Mughal said that the government is trying to put all the blame for the devastation of floods on climate change, but is silent on the poor performance of the agencies dealing with natural disasters.
\nHe said that international aid organizations want to buy food and relief goods from India and distribute them in Pakistan, which is not being allowed, which is tantamount to cruelty.
\nHe said that half of the country\u2019s agriculture has been destroyed, forty percent of the grain has been wasted due to a pathetic food storage system, and hoarders are out to make billions overnight with no regard for the law. At this critical time, a political party is opposing the import of vegetables from India, which during its tenure imported cotton, sugar and yarn from India to benefit the elite when there was no emergency in the country.
\nIt seems that geo-economics has not been given top priority as claimed and geo-politics still dominates the system otherwise food items should have been imported from India to give some relief to the people reeling under record inflation, he observed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said the selfishness of the politicians is increasing the miseries of millions of the flood affectees. The victim assistance system should not be allowed to be tainted by politics, otherwise, all resources will be exposed to corruption, it said. Fifty-year record of inflation in the country has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[350],"class_list":{"0":"post-281520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-pew"},"yoast_head":"\n