ryzvonusef
MPA (400+ posts)
My dad was waiting in the hospital lobby, and there was this other guy, and as you expect, a political discussion started.
There was the typical our country is going to the dogs blah blah...
Then my dad asked him who had voted for, and he named some Satti guy (of PPP, I think)
My dad said then how will it change if you keep voting for them?
He is like, no, we can't put our *pugree* on the feet of someone *out of our clan*, he is one of us blah blah We asked him gas electricity & gas lines, and "pucci" streets, and he gave us!
My dad asked, in those electricity and gas lines, do you actually get anything? he admitted that no!
So all they got was empty lines, and a "pucci" street that was mostly likely torn up to fit those pipes!
And now that person has nothing to bother about, and can rule the rest of time with impunity!
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And that's our problem!
1- We still think in tribal terms, That candidate is from our clan, give him the vote, no matter un-qualified he is! If some one else wins, we will loose our "pugree" and honour!
2- We ask from them favours that are supposed to be asked from mayors! In NO other to people ask their parliamentary representatives for such things as roads and utilities, that's for mayors to solve, they ask them for other things, like national policies and stuff, which our illeterate MNA are clearly unable to solve!
That's why they never let the "local bodies" function, because if mayors start providing basic facilities, then what will MNAs do?
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That's why I have no hope for Pakistan, because most of the vote is *not* with us, but with people like that guy in the lobby, who will keep voting for the same people, because they are of their *clan*, or because they gave them down electricity lines, empty gas pipes and narrow streets.
Be ready to get the same people back, and five more years of misery. I am sorry for the depressing post, but we can't fight the populace.
There was the typical our country is going to the dogs blah blah...
Then my dad asked him who had voted for, and he named some Satti guy (of PPP, I think)
My dad said then how will it change if you keep voting for them?
He is like, no, we can't put our *pugree* on the feet of someone *out of our clan*, he is one of us blah blah We asked him gas electricity & gas lines, and "pucci" streets, and he gave us!
My dad asked, in those electricity and gas lines, do you actually get anything? he admitted that no!
So all they got was empty lines, and a "pucci" street that was mostly likely torn up to fit those pipes!
And now that person has nothing to bother about, and can rule the rest of time with impunity!
----
And that's our problem!
1- We still think in tribal terms, That candidate is from our clan, give him the vote, no matter un-qualified he is! If some one else wins, we will loose our "pugree" and honour!
2- We ask from them favours that are supposed to be asked from mayors! In NO other to people ask their parliamentary representatives for such things as roads and utilities, that's for mayors to solve, they ask them for other things, like national policies and stuff, which our illeterate MNA are clearly unable to solve!
That's why they never let the "local bodies" function, because if mayors start providing basic facilities, then what will MNAs do?
----
That's why I have no hope for Pakistan, because most of the vote is *not* with us, but with people like that guy in the lobby, who will keep voting for the same people, because they are of their *clan*, or because they gave them down electricity lines, empty gas pipes and narrow streets.
Be ready to get the same people back, and five more years of misery. I am sorry for the depressing post, but we can't fight the populace.
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