Unprecedented events lashed the political waters to madness as the stakeholders tried to steady the ship amid a chorus of downbeat predictions of the country’s economy facing a vertiginous collapse. “It came to an end because the military finally decided that it was too much burdensome for the institution, country, economy and they couldn’t carry on with the experiment,” the expert said. “Pakistan’s politics is hurting the economy, populist politics is hurting the economy and the elites’ interests are hurting the economy,” Zaigham said. “Pakistan’s power elite, political parties, economic elite and establishment are all responsible for the crises we are in and facing in the next year. Once again political parties are bickering about the rules of the game, which leads to political and economic crises time and again.

Source: The Express Tribune January 01, 2023 21:40 UTC