Five years

Five years What the PM perhaps does not want to talk about, after coming to power, is the complex nature of economic development The writer is a PhD in Administrative Sciences and associated with SZABIST, Islamabad. He can be reached at [email protected] Recently, Prime Minister Imran Khan lamented that change of government in Pakistan every five years was tragic for setting long-term goals. According to his assessment, almost every incumbent government, eyeing a win in the next elections, prefers to finance projects that have high visibility and give quick political dividends. This short-termism, in essence, is the real enemy of high-impact mega projects.