Petrol Prices
By Talal Hussain Malik • May 30th, 2009 • Category: Misc • 6 CommentsIT is amazing how our government responds to certain situations. Going back a few months when the issue of restoration of Chief Justice was still in dispute, the government was discarding all possibilities of restoration of Chief Justice. Ironically, however, the government officials changed their statements after CJ’s reinstatement saying that government itself was considering to restore the deposed judges. A similar incident can be witnessed in the recent past as well.
Ever since his restoration, Chief Justice has taken steps to ring relief to the common lot, his appointing Justice Bhagwan Das as commission to prepare a report on petrol prices was in line with such steps. When the commission submitted its report and recommended a considerable cut in fuel prices, concerned government officials came forward with the statement that government itself was considering a cut in fuel prices by the end of the month.
The sad and rather shameful aspect, however, is that the fuel prices have not been decreased to the recommended extent but only by Rs.1.44. What is even more shameful and requires action from the Chief Justice is the attitude adopted by the petrol pump owners on occasions when fuel prices are likely to reduce. They create fake shortage of fuel and charge even higher prices per liter and their atrocities always go unchecked. Such opportunists should be dealt with the iron hand and brought to justice.
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Some people live in fools paradise, CJ has nothing to do with fuel, gasoline or petroleum products.
It reminds me of Nawaz’s rule, One day government announced that milk quality will be checked by government authorities and those milkmen proved guilty of mixing water in milk would be fined. The next morning milkmen poured milk on the road in protest that they shall not sell milk this way. by the evening of that day government became silent.
Government have not control within the country, a grower, for example gets Rupees Five of his crop, Middleman gets 10 as commission and the seller gets Rs 2 per kg. This middleman cannot be curbed, without any input he earn more than the grower and seller. If he strikes the business becomes standstill.
When government is only concerned about earning taxes it cannot control the market.
A childish tantrum to throw. Statements change with circumstances to guarantee flexibility and better results, as simple as that. I’d think the government is far too busy and occupied with much larger issues to be playing with words for the approval of - who, exactly?
And while I am hard-pressed to discover the connection of petrol prices with the CJ, I am willing to analyse why in God’s name we are never happy with the government? Zardari has been working for the improvement of the IDP situation, the Karachi electricity issues, the international political landscape and yet all we can do is find fault. Maybe it’s us who need to change our attitudes and our statements.
This is a sufficient example to see through government’s ostensible commitment to peoples’ welfare and its ‘genuine’regard to the apex court. See how state organs are helping the chief Justice in delivering justice. Shame!!!
@anonymous
You talk like the government has successfully handled the IDP and Karachi electricity issues…!! :-p
I bet even if government can handle only the electricity issue by 2012. And the nation is here to witness the resignation of Minister for load shedding by December 2009.