A hasty assessment

THE PML-Q’s white paper, accusing the ruling coalition of its abysmal failure to solve any of the problems facing the people, was apparently designed to catch the government off guard. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, at which he also distributed the copies of a 19-page white paper, PML-Q’s Parliamentary Party Leader in the National Assembly Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat said the country was drifting towards a disastrous situation because of the incompetence of the present rulers. Refuting the government’s claim of bringing down the prices and providing relief to the common man, he said it was because of its policies that the inflation had risen significantly to 22 percent in the last two months against last year’s four percent. The Makhdoom obviously had an axe to grind when he indirectly targeted Mr Zardari, saying this government’s only achievement during the past 100 days was the withdrawal of corruption cases under the NRO.