“I am not eating afternoon food
these days though I am too hungry,” told somebody. I asked him why he did not
eat when he felt hunger. The answer, he gave, should have shocked me but I was
not surprised because the situation he was in, being faced by me as well. “When,
in the afternoon, my mother lights the stove to cook food, there is no gas
available,” said he. It is too sure that many people, today, are suffering from
gas load shedding.
A few days ago, I learned that it is in the constitution of Pakistan if a
province produces 70 to 75 per cent of natural gas, there can be no load
shedding of electricity in the province. Also people of the province firstly
exploit or benefit from the gas and then the gas will be delivered or
distributed to other provinces. By the grace of Allah, Sindh produces
approximately 72 per cent of natural gas but on the other hand, not only people
suffer from load shedding of electricity but also gas load shedding,
unfortunately.
It is a misfortune that previously the sitting government squeezed every drop of
blood of already poor people. When the government did not find any other drop of
blood, it has started gas load shedding and now people are compelled to remain
hungry. They are being deprived of their basic needs even every morsel of their
mouth is being snatched by the politicians. People, in every way, are greatly
disturbed in every season. Electricity load shedding, gas load shedding,
inflation, terrorism and other crises have broken the backs of the people and
they are either committing suicides or immolating themselves.
There is totally anarchy here in the country. Various types of scandals are
being disclosed and the politics of allegations or blaming one another is on its
peak. Rhetorical speeches are being made publicly to be elected in the coming
elections. In this regard, it is the duty of the people not to cast their votes
to already elected politicians, who did nothing but rhetorical speeches.