Arcanum Technologies
Posted on January 1, 2019 at 12:00 PM
During the present emergency, our Prime Minister Imran Khan and his aides have been making repeated announcements on television regarding the steps being taken to ease the lot of the worst affected...
During the present emergency, our Prime Minister Imran Khan and his aides have been making repeated announcements on television regarding the steps being taken to ease the lot of the worst affected citizens.
On March 25, the prime minister announced a Rs1.2 trillion ‘Relief Package’ which has two major components: an increase in budgetary allocation to Pakistan’ cash-transfer programme (presently called Ehsaas) and a re-adjustment of taxation laws regarding various sectors of the economy, including the construction sector.
Many of these measures are highly praise-worthy and should be supported by all – regardless of past political affiliations. We definitely support them. However, we would like to point out the unfortunate fact that throughout this period, no effort has been made by the government to take into confidence the institution which best represents the collective wisdom of our people: parliament.
A session of the House must be called at the earliest, through video-link, if necessary – a method which is being used in other jurisdictions of the world. Other precautionary measures which are already being used in Cabinet meetings and in the Supreme Court hearings could also be used.