Prepared by DAWN 14 October Editorial -1 Much complacency oP ier Hine funds it desperately needs for flood relief, yet the government remains Hy: er ac tat reparations from major global government representatives Pakistan is facing major difficulties i countries that had to help are now acting slowly to make good on their promises. Meanwhile, our leaders, who had recently been themselves on the back for fighting Pakistan’s case abroad, now seem more with other matters. This is dangerous as the window to secure global support for flood efforts is closing fast, and the government cannot the opportunity as it simply does not have the resources to deal with the i own, ‘The situation is doubl; 1 receive grants 10t look very likely to Cb Ree RL IG id Levee Kuh Be Lote K Lilewsiiere ulotlasyety PLBBE US Fc Bird uel LLL frre niet Sad ys PHI Borah So Rlise setgas eli ay niteire ys SSL Peutd Lusty AE PEL ILE Ze rut RSE wat Sid Lt ay CLO Fre Usrsit esr Ged Sle SOP Folie Lon PBN RL AB eS hte Syst Lit sieves For joining WhatsApp broadcast contact on 03204107091‘On Wednesday, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Julien Harneis expressed serious regarding available funding in his weekly briefing in Islamabad, The same day, most of our em failed to show up for a long- delayed debate on the flood situation in the National Assembly, “We have not yet seen enough funding for pent, RMI ec sate wer” Me Hore worried, “This is absolutely a challenge, and there remains a major’ fap). ‘The Unicef, which is very much involved in the health and nutrition of young children, is not receiving fundir ‘ime of crisis.” The UN said only around $90m had been so far to Pakistan’s flood relief efforts by UN member nes, despite an appear $416 ESRC last week. coordinator NICEF: United N: ions Chil mm While a forms of flood-related damages has yet to be completed, it has been estimated that Pakistan has than $30bn in losses. Considering that th does not have much in it, expected to take a long, long ti this slow to materialise. Yet th lawmakers parliament. The Nati alone, twice failed to flood situatis An pbL A Aghe ESL suniLek hor Paes ALI gta LLL intuit erp thnped Lente hie Sock ios AEE itis SL LY IF whee? BE ELA aed te Mh Lith Ie SWE Le AP Mo niLeihueetilen tag SARS PELL ML LS Lot Korean SMELL oH Fussy tetl Lud we ciel! SB fet se ineliioyie ML BOSAL tii bet pie vE aT ee 2 rel! Fas BL ov orost Ai gr roinledpan esp tLifetan gle lb eauise For joining WhatsApp broadcast contact on 03204107091D AWN 14 — 2022 Editorial -1 Despite 100 or so cabinet members and parliamentary secretaries, lack of has forced both times. PPP MNA Ghulam Ali Talpur was not wrong when he said that a picture of the nearly empty assembly should be sent to the UN as a sample of our leaders” to their people, Does our government expect wh hI SHA LIL SS L2 £22 Me 4 te NMOOL of PSE WF LG E wilt pwr L gad Ebb belle 6 Prat eepee mre El Sorte Lert ef ute mite FCI State BPI SF insta ph ELI POF ELLA sLig fork foreign aid and fSsistameeG) to just b Do our leaders not realise that they will EF hundreds of thousands of people to poverty if they fail to secure enough resources to compensate for their losses? Sen een Se fone ene tees met NAAR Cn eee ease ee Published in Dawn, October 14th, 2022 For joining WhatsApp broadcast contact on 03204107091Prepared by 14 October 2022 romeo |! DAWN oe Editorial -2 Faustian bargain hay ¥ ‘AS Imran Khan has often in the context of the between Pakistan and the West, there’s no such thing asa free lunch And, he might have added, the more powerful the benefactor, the more the beneficiary But the PTI chairman willingly went along with that Faustian bargain, even gloating over it, in his ERM to the PM Office — until it eame apart at the seams. In a conversation with ‘mediapersons in Lahore, the former prime minister government’s failures to the other player in the hybrid regime of which he was the principal beneficiary. Akhil aE stor rng the affairs of the country was supposed to be his responsibility, Mr Khan said that the “orders were coming from somewhere else” He laid the blame for oor governance during his tenure on the ‘de facto” tulers, and contended that had he enjoyed full thc heme dae Hel ATES Sher Shah Suri's reign. CPE ELe Bw ALP me Pew See Poni tebn el Lis 28 BK bein LEGA etek ee Lik foe goon Ly BE git idebe MA Lew % Lberi bint hE WPEL SnrwiSnd LL te fow VFB Lowi" Penn Ane ety Semen forh nLss For joining WhatsApp broadcast contact on 03204107091Prepared by 14 October 2022 romeo || PAWN oe Editorial -2 Alar Sar Sa Sn SA boinlee & 0b brcct lf Stacie This is not the first time the ousted prime minister has taken the Line that someone else was in the driving, seat when he was heading the government. In fact, a couple of months ago, he applied this argument even to explain the damp squib that to be his administration's, rive, claiming that NAB was not in his control. “Someone [else] would press the accelerator and it as per his wish,” he claimed, adding that if the situation was different, he would have retrieved Rst5bn to Rs20bn worth of TWN White Mr Khan, post hybrid regime, may have had an epiphany, one glance at this country’s history illustrates that the of political leaders looking towards unelected forces for support and survival are invariably the same. WSBT IFE Lacon AIOE eh RPE Hy ALP EWEN bsp AIeL GAL baerthrre seuetton SBA BERR gil oF 4 eh Posie Sener SUE eee ain tice | res Hetoo tae TS There is only one winner, and it is not the people’s For its part, the establishment until now has never come under such direct, personal attack — first by the PML; aces or in bringing Mr Khan to power, and professing * sinee managed a U-tur decided that the price 0 ‘was not one he was will For joining WhatsApp broadcast contact on 03204107091