Pakistan

The Law Minister stated in the Punjab Assembly on Friday, “ONLY ‘baboos’ (government officials) and not Assembly members are required to be punctual.” Not a single member of the treasury benches was present in the house at 9am, the time of commencement of the session. Further surprising is the cooperation rendered by the opposition members who opted not to seek adjournment. The session began nearly two hours late to discuss the 2009-10 budget.

Government servants and the staff in the private sector are harshly punished, at times, to the extent of losing one's job for being late. The degree of importance our elected representatives give to the representation bestowed upon them is self evident. Such an iresponsible statement about punctuality coming from a person no less than the Law Minister's speaks of a different mindset which our elected representitives have. They consider themselves to be superior human beings and above law. Yet, we, the masses have high hopes on them to alleviate our sufferings.