FAISALABAD: It appears the accountability Pakistan’s politicians have avoided for decades is finally taking them to task, with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s leader and former state minister of finance, Rana Afzal Khan becoming the latest leader to face the anger of his disaffected constituents.
On a routine visit to his constitutency NA-110, Afzal found himself facing the wrath of voters who had kept their faith with him, only to be left impoverished and disappointed.
Voters thronged to Afzal’s corner meeting, and asked him where had been for the past five years. The people gathered there lamented the fact that Afzal had not visited them once over the last five years, and had only returned to garner votes.
Residents of the constituency also claimed that Afzal had failed to acknowledge the people, or engage with them when they had visited his house to discuss the contamination of water in their constituency.
Voters also told Afzal that they had lost faith in his ability to serve them since he was unable to resolve the sewage crisis while he held office.
Murad Ali Shah, former Chief Minister Sindh had faced similar pointing questions when he visited his constituency in Sehwan, Sindh on Wednesday.
Other PPP leaders such as Khursheed Shah and Nasir Hussain Shah also previously found themselves being held accountable in the court of public opinion–a phenomenon that augurs well for democracy in Pakistan.
