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Hartal

14 February 2005, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By MM Haque, Jeddah, KSA
14 February 2005, 18:00 PM
Last few months most of us were building our hope and aspirations looking into the various and increased interests shown by the international business community. It accumulated to US$ 7 billion and jobs for thousands. But all of a sudden our hopes were dashed, Tata's committee returned, Malaysian PM's visit cancelled and the curtain of the summit dropped before it was raised. And now the country is at war with itself.

As it appears, the tunnel is getting darker and no technicians are on sight to put some light in it. All technicians are on vacation, designers lost their drafting tools, policy makers found no guidelines yet they are at ease as they are sill employed. Hungry workers at their abysmal conditions are crying for help, their sustenance is at stake. How the tools can be found, a sustainable guideline put in place, it seems no one is bothered.

Purposeful chaos is created rather to benefit from it.

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A few for some reason are uttering the truth but what is holding them back to take a lead, mobilise the resources that is required and make a change for our desperate destitute masses.

Calling a hartal is much easier than arranging protests and mobilising opinions, which can bring the real (force for) change. But hard work, good motivation have disappeared from our policy makers' minds. Therefore our sufferings will continue till the time line not yet visible.