摘要：The New Year was greeted with fireworks, music and crowds chanting “Happy New Year” in several world capitals, demonstrating the human resolve to be optimistic and keeping the hope aloft for a better tomorrow, whether this ever happens in reality is another matter. Having braved through the highs and mostly the lows of 2021, the people of Pakistan really hoped for a break looking forward with renewed hope and aspirations of change in their lives. However, in New Year we face the grim reality of steep inflation accompanied by economic woes that would appear to be mounting. The hands of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government are tied by circumstances beyond their control, not only because of mismanagement on their part but aggravated by the rank corruption of previous governments. A fresh wave of inflation was unleash by the withdrawal of many subsidies alongwith an increase in the price of petroleum products. This can have but one outcome accentuated levels of political instability already rampant across the political landscape..
