Rogue interests April 11, 2021 LAHORE: There is no denying Pakistan’s economic woes are of its own making mainly because its ruler’s interests always precede the nation’s. Pakistan is a highly resilient nation. We were distinguished by the World Bank as the country that had never posted negative growth under the severest economic crisis- the distinction we lost by posting negative growth last year. That proved that even resilience has a limit. Each government that assumes power comes up with its own economic agenda. There is no consistency in policies. Each government tries to find out the faults in the previous regime. They commit the same mistakes during their tenure. One thing common in almost all governments has been nepotism, awarding permissions and contracts to the favoured ones. All keep bureaucrats under pressure through frequent postings and transfers. The development funds are distributed among the public representatives belonging to the ruling party to carry out development work in their constituencies.