The wise men from the government are not commoners so they cannot gauge a single minute as what goes on in the life of a commoner that joins the defined poverty line by thousands each day.

They say 50 per cent of the Country population as per official record is below poverty line earning less than two dollars a day while researchers believe its over 80 per cent.

The nation of over 150 million has millions in jobless youth and figures show only 13 per cent is employed in public and private sector, remaining 87 per cent just kill the time in waiting for a better tomorrow and is found in the form of cheap labour.

The country is said to be agricultural based but the irony is that ordinary vegetables like onions and garlic are imported from the neighbouring country India as the home produce is insufficient to meet the hungry consumers. The latest is the imported ‘Indian Bakras’ goats that will satiate the hungry stomachs of the people here as the in house goats are all finished and consumed.

A common man is found asking this question from many a wise policy makers as what is happening the agricultural land has gone barren that vegetables are now coming from India and the local live stock is dead that we need goat and sheep from neighbours.

Something is very wrong as how it can happen or what is told to the masses is a lie that Pakistan is no longer an agricultural country and is dependent on everything like Afghanistan from its neigbours.

This all came with photographs with labourers and goats crossing the border and getting a fine display in newspapers as in relation to the tall claims of government that Pakistan is progressing leaps and bounds in agriculture and live stock sectors that are the lifeline of millions.

The government mouth pieces harp the tunes of poverty alleviation not knowing the ground realities that it’s the poor that is being eliminated everyday and almost everyday the newspaper carry reports of men and women ending their lives by taking rat poison, jumping in streams and with multiple killing of family members owing to poverty and hunger.

Any public office in land of the pure can make a common man a nervous wreck with the humiliation it goes through in getting the legitimate paper work done.

It in an international report that Pakistan stands at 102 position out of 104 countries in public institutions.

The failed offices have yet to deliver and corruption legalized and patronized has made life miserable for people.

The insult for a common man starts in the morning that draws Rs 3000 a month as its the minimum wage mark set by the government though it is less at many places and teacher the builder of the nation gets less than that. Daily wages is the norm and to date laws have never been implemented to give relief to a common worker that is the backbone of national economy as none works with empty stomach and here its called ‘sacrifice’ ones work for the Elite as they serve the country better.

There have been countless reports and volumes written but they are literary works as how land of the pure should be with no time frame specified as the volumes are for good governance in future its never specifies the present.

The present is the elimination of poor at the hands of price hike to have a class that can afford to be in the land of the pure that is not affected by the constant rise in the Fuel prices every two weeks. It may be mentioned here that there has been a change in fuel prices around 100 times and the fuel that cost Rs 23 six years ago is now at Rs 53 approximately and it has not affected the common man as common man has no need for the fuel and what he needs it for, his basic necessities are not met the fuel a luxury comes very late.

The common man after getting out of his one room adobe at sun rise starts the day with leftovers of the night and has an old bicycle that will take him miles and miles to the destination. This is a good habit appreciated by the ruling elite of the country who with sucked up blood of the poor and cant even fit a sofa what to talk of bicycle.

The poor pedals his way rain or shine and elite wish they could do the same but it’s the fate that the elite will stay elite and poor well he can circle around with his poverty as he please.

The policy makers should see the cycle stands of their respective departments which hosts the most precious possession of their poor staffers who serves them from morning till evening.

It is not all, huddled in the afternoon and avoiding the looks of others he takes up meager bread, as he can’t afford to buy the flat bread from the hotel that sells the bread beyond reach for most of the people. His lunch is home made with an onion or pickle and no more and a long day ahead of him.

The details of his day-to-day life are harrowing as how he begs, borrow and cheats to sustain his soul for the month.

His meager amount lasts hardly 10 days and remaining 20 days is a miracle that he survives and left with no option he gets to cut throat ways in which he takes money be it a mere pittance that can be a cup of tea and he justifies that by saying its impossible to live in this much amount.
It is also on record the finance wizards were asked on TV to make the budget for a common man who draws Rs 3000 a month and they never answered.

The grim scenario has had people shouting and going public that simple utility bills have exceeded their nominal wages and their shouts remained unheard as their utility bills even if wrong will not be rectified, the humane approach adopted by the erring department is that bill is divided in installments but its stays there.

The gross misappropriations have commoners shouting at the elite that they (common man) pay more bills then the elite who does fraudulent ways to evade the taxes. There are documents when commoners have gone public in details of the utility bills that were more than the politicians in the country who suck up the masses resources with all their political might.

The land of the pure as harped by wise men hold a great deal of promise for the ruling elite as its a boom that is witnessed in real estate, shares and other businesses with behind the scene wheeling and dealings, straight and honest business is a rarity and every major business concern has tales that are expect the unexpected.

The rates for the small public servants offices were Rs 10 lakh a few years has now doubled and its Rs 20 lakh and everyone knows that. Such is the audacity of the corrupt officials in low grades that after getting appointed on the lucrative posts which are den to corruption they make 100 times the amount they spend to come in that office and same goes for the politicians who strive hard and spend from pocket to make a 1000 times more.

Needless to say that there growing number of corruption cases speak volumes of inefficiency of check and balance prevailing in the land of the pure.

Last but not the least the Asia Pacific Bureau of Adult Education has placed Pakistan at number 14 out of 14 countries the educational statistics are horrifying and the government campaigns targeting the masses are going on deaf ears as now people send their kids to workshop as they learn a skill rather then to school which has no value, no teacher and nothing inspirational for the child that has a destination marked for him that he is born to die in misery and nothing will ever change for him.

The report on government schools is with the education department what has been done on that what happened to the existing schools, what happened to their short coming as in teachers, equipment and other facilities. Yes there are politicians who do make new buildings and have it inaugurated with pomp and show as they are doing a lot as in service to education and in their own constituency there are schools of the common man, children that stays ignored for decades.
Such is the level of hypocrisy that nothing comes out truthful from their tongues and common man just stays the way as it is with screams that have always remain unheard and have fall on deaf ears.

Quaid Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah father of the nation died on September 11, 1948 and he was trusted for his word that had the honour of true leader but now after 58 years none of the leader in land of the pure has gained the trust of the masses who pass the days of their lives praying to Allah to take them out of unending misery.