PESHAWAR – Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday again expressed his resolveto eliminate the status quo resisting the reforms being introduced indifferent sectors of the country and said they would face all resistanceand pressures of corrupt mafia who had been taking advantage from thestalemate administrative systems.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the 42nd annual winter meeting ofthe Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) and KhyberMedical College Alumni Association (KMCAA), he said the corrupt and oldmafia was offering resistance to his government’s efforts to introducereforms in the ailing government departments.
“The government will not budge from its reforms at any cost,” he declaredin unequivocal words.
Leave aside such resistance in the health and education system, suchelements had been working in Federal Board of Revenue, among the tradersand those doing business through the smuggled goods, adding, ‘whenever youbring about reforms and changes’ to the old system, they created wrongimpressions among the masses.
The prime minister reminded the nation that they should not be depressedwith such a scenario as ultimately, they would win this war against corruptmafia.
Dilating upon the difference between functioning of two sets ofgovernments, he said his government wanted to bring about reforms and thusfacing pressure and resistance.On the other hand, in the past, different governments just focused oncompleting their five years term.
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“It is our responsibility to face this pressure,” he said and urged thenation to support his government’s endeavours in bringing about the changewith new reforms and administrative structures.
The prime minister regretted that during 1960s, Pakistan had been a leadingcountry in the whole region in terms of development. But afterwards, itlagged behind due to the status quo and corrupt system, and even Bangladeshhad excelled economically.
Citing the prevalent rustic administrative system and bureaucratic hurdles,he said bringing about a change would be a difficult task, but thosenations had succeeded that faced it and referred to successful reformsintroduced in Malaysia and Turkey by their political leadership.
