Today after such a long time (nine days can never seem any longer), I actually went through the newspaper to catch up on what is happening in the world. The news item that caught my eye was Tarain's vehement denial that he had any plans to resign. Sensing that I am reading the middle of the story, I started looking for more information on why he was to resign. The story was this: Tarain was not very happy with the government's "reckless" spending on rental power plants and therefore, did not feel that he was really a part of he government. Rumor has it that even went ahead with handing in his resignation to Mr. Zardari which Mr. Zardari allegedly refused to accept. However, Mr. Tarain has come up with a statement vehemently denying any plans to resign and has been reported to have said that he wonders where do these rumors originate from and that he has not hitherto thought of leaving the ministry but he can not predict the future. This statement of his could be interpretted by political analysts as a confirmation of an imminent resignation but what is interesting is the supposed point of argument between Tarain and the rest of the goverment- rental power plants. I strongly feel that I should side with Mr. Tarain on this issue as I feel that he is right in his stance against the power plants because their incredulously hefty price tags DO impose a burden on our trade balance. With our economyu on ventilator support, I believe that these resources would be much better spent on finding other sustainable sources of electricity instead of spending these on earning short-lived political motives. We could do without electricity with another day or two but we could scarcely make it with a filing economy.
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