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ISLAMABAD: Eminent entrepreneur Sadruddin Hashwani has said that the Westminster Parliamentary System of Britain had failed in Pakistan and it is not feasible to continue with it. He also quoted a verse from the Holy Quran in this regard.
In a special talk with this correspondent, Hashwani said that Pakistan should not implement the concept of Western democracy and added that it should follow the Islamic political system.
He further said that if 50 states could be formed in the US, the government should also form administrative units within the four provinces. He suggested that new provinces should be constituted in the country purely on administrative basis through new amendments other than the 18th Amendment.
He opined that formation of several provinces would improve the governance. He said that employment should not be given on the basis of rural and urban quota but on merit.
Hashwani proposed that president (Ameer) of Pakistan should be elected directly by the people, whereas the chief ministers should also be elected by the voters from the respective provinces. The provincial assembly should range from 25 to 50 members. He claimed that the people could get inexpensive justice when their own representatives elected directly by themselves would resolve their problems.
He cited the example of the US where the president and the assemblies are elected through direct vote He said that the Islamic political system did not resemble dictatorship and it dispensed justice to the people, resolved their problems on merit, strengthened the education sector and judiciary. He remarked that such a political system would change the fate of Karachi.
The businessman said that if China invested in Pakistan by facilitating 13 power projects, it would be a good omen for the Pakistanis, as it would lessen electricity loadshedding, which would be beneficial for the industries, agriculture, domestic and commercial consumers, and would increase national production and exports.
To a question, he said that the power cuts could be avoided by installing solar power panels. Factories for manufacturing solar panels were functional in India, Bangladesh, China, Germany, Australia and other countries.
Hashwani said that an investor-friendly petroleum policy should be introduced to attract investment of national and multi-national companies.
He proposed privatisation of distribution companies, the organisations under the Ministry of Petroleum, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Steel and other production-oriented organisations which were causing a loss of billions of rupees to the national kitty. He said that Pakistan had abundance of petroleum and gas resources.
He noted that if the petroleum policy made by the bureaucrats did not give way to national and global firms, they should know what return these firms would get after exploring natural resources by spending billions of rupees. He said that the bureaucrats should perform their official responsibilities and not do business. He said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto destroyed the national economy by nationalisation of the institutions. He said that if the judicial commission confirmed extensive rigging in the May 2013 general elections, re-elections should be held.
- See more at: Western democracy has failed in Pakistan: Hashwani - thenews.com.pk
ISLAMABAD: Eminent entrepreneur Sadruddin Hashwani has said that the Westminster Parliamentary System of Britain had failed in Pakistan and it is not feasible to continue with it. He also quoted a verse from the Holy Quran in this regard.
In a special talk with this correspondent, Hashwani said that Pakistan should not implement the concept of Western democracy and added that it should follow the Islamic political system.
He further said that if 50 states could be formed in the US, the government should also form administrative units within the four provinces. He suggested that new provinces should be constituted in the country purely on administrative basis through new amendments other than the 18th Amendment.
He opined that formation of several provinces would improve the governance. He said that employment should not be given on the basis of rural and urban quota but on merit.
Hashwani proposed that president (Ameer) of Pakistan should be elected directly by the people, whereas the chief ministers should also be elected by the voters from the respective provinces. The provincial assembly should range from 25 to 50 members. He claimed that the people could get inexpensive justice when their own representatives elected directly by themselves would resolve their problems.
He cited the example of the US where the president and the assemblies are elected through direct vote He said that the Islamic political system did not resemble dictatorship and it dispensed justice to the people, resolved their problems on merit, strengthened the education sector and judiciary. He remarked that such a political system would change the fate of Karachi.
The businessman said that if China invested in Pakistan by facilitating 13 power projects, it would be a good omen for the Pakistanis, as it would lessen electricity loadshedding, which would be beneficial for the industries, agriculture, domestic and commercial consumers, and would increase national production and exports.
To a question, he said that the power cuts could be avoided by installing solar power panels. Factories for manufacturing solar panels were functional in India, Bangladesh, China, Germany, Australia and other countries.
Hashwani said that an investor-friendly petroleum policy should be introduced to attract investment of national and multi-national companies.
He proposed privatisation of distribution companies, the organisations under the Ministry of Petroleum, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Railways, Pakistan Steel and other production-oriented organisations which were causing a loss of billions of rupees to the national kitty. He said that Pakistan had abundance of petroleum and gas resources.
He noted that if the petroleum policy made by the bureaucrats did not give way to national and global firms, they should know what return these firms would get after exploring natural resources by spending billions of rupees. He said that the bureaucrats should perform their official responsibilities and not do business. He said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto destroyed the national economy by nationalisation of the institutions. He said that if the judicial commission confirmed extensive rigging in the May 2013 general elections, re-elections should be held.
- See more at: Western democracy has failed in Pakistan: Hashwani - thenews.com.pk
