I SAW A DREAM FOR BETTERMENT OF PAKISTAN     

BY SHOAIB HABIB MEMON

My Friend Shujah Explained his Idea For Betterment Pakistan When Listened  I Saw in My Dream that ,

- The system of Direct Taxation shall be abolished for all those who earn below Rupees Billion a year in order to attract a massive inflow of Local as well as Foreign Investment to trigger Industrial Boom for a resultant Economic Boom with much higher GDP offering abundant Employment Opportunities.

- Most Governmental Services shall be Outsourced and / or Franchised with Government Public Partnership on Self Sustainable pattern to lessen the burden on the Government and the State with resultant improved, efficient and modernized services availability, with both Men and Women, Human Resource Development, Deployment and Skills Enhancement.

- Indirect Taxation / GST etc shall be fixed at a maximum of 5%. All Products and Services relating to Food, Clothing, Health, Education, Public Transport, Housing and Legal support shall be totally Tax Free. However Taxes on Imports shall continue to be applicable.

- Energy, Banking, Education, Medicine, Insurance, Communication, Transport and related areas shall be publicly owned with individual's shares holding not to exceed 1 % allowing active participation of professionals in the field and accelerating good performance.

- Through an OIC Resolution the Oil Prices shall be fixed for the next 5 years at a maximum of US Dollar 25 per Barrel with supply to each OIC Country to match it's population factor vs. it's needs in order to buy peace and eradicate poverty in these down trodden Countries. To reciprocate Economic Advantages shall be offered in and by Importing Countries to the Exporting Countries in Exports -Imports and Investments. The oil producing Countries will endure a little short fall of not that needed revenue but Billions of people of the World will gain and flourish economically and socially. More over Sovereign Funds of the Gulf Countries are better secured when invested in OIC Countries in Industry and Commerce relating to basic needs of Water, Food , Housing, Education and Health Projects in JV arrangements with renowned and credible local Business Groups. 

- Consequently Prices of all essential items of Food, Medicine, Fuel, Utilities and many other Goods and Services shall be reduced to, more or less, half of current levels.

- Armed Forces, including those on pension / retired, in return for a better remuneration and reward, shall be utilized for Construction of Dams, Roads, Rail-roads, Housing, Hospitals, Universities, Colleges, Schools, Sports Complexes, Industrial Estates and other Civil Infrastructures.

- Stories of Religious Extremism, Terrorism, Talibanism, and Excesses of IMF and Drone Attacks shall be made History. None of that nonsensecosting Billions of Rupees and precious lives, shall be allowed to persist.

- An emergency shall be declared, to avoid losses of Trillions in Production, in Energy sector with mobilization of Nuclear, Solar, Wind, Hydro, Biomass and Coal Power Generation to brighten our homeland and to move the wheels of our Industry and Commerce simultaneously offering massive Employment Opportunities.

- The size and numbers of the Federal and Provincial Governments, Ministries, Parliaments, Assemblies and Senate shall be kept at minimal and the Expenditures shall be reduced drastically making use of e-Government Techniques and Teleconferencing facilities.

- The Country shall be geographically re-classified, more or less, into Ten Provinces, with equal population as far as possible, with own independent Parliaments and Cabinets with Equitable Distribution of National Resources.

- A Reckoning shall be Undertaken of Country's Strengths and Resources , both Material as well as Human, of Strategic Position and Potentials and then, as far as considered feasible, the Cities shall be Developed according to Products Classifications such as Shoes City, Furniture City, Textile City, Handicrafts City etc… with a Network of Vendors Support, for Competitiveness in Export Markets and to Make those Affordable for the Domestic Population simultaneously Catering to Skill Development and Economies of Large Scale Production with Needed Study and Adoption of Success Models The World Over with privatization of TDAP and TCP.

- Elections shall be held Non Party based so that the Governments, the Cabinets, the Parliaments and the institutions do not become rubber stamps of the Political Party Heads, allowing only those Noble and Competent to contest Elections who can afford to work with No Salary, Perks and / or any Fringe Benefits.

- The Governors for the Provinces shall be selected by respective Parliaments and approved by the Senate. The President, The Prime Minister, The Deputy Prime Minister, The Chief Ministers, all to be elected from amongst the Elected Parliamentarians.

- All Black and Not Documented Money including the Looted Money shall be legalized without any penalty or taxation and with no questioning for bringing back into the Country.

- All Publicly / Government owned Entities and Utility companies shall be re-structured financially and organizationally with Business re-engineering to turn those into self supporting entities.

- Support shall be mobilized for Writing off of all the Foreign Debt and an end to Debt servicing with a restrain on fresh Government Borrowing.

- Banks, as far as considered appropriate, shall be transformed into Investment Companies owned and operated by Depositors and Account Holders for funding the Economy as Equity with just very little and essential Lending and Consumer Financing.

- A Triggering of Construction Boom shall be facilitated with an aim to create Employment, Build Hospitals, Educational Institutes, and Affordable Housing etc. Real estate construction and trading shall be regulated so as to bring the prices and rents down and accessible and affordable to the majority of the population on easy terms and to encourage investments with change in rent laws and real estate leasing similar to other assets leasing, allowing facilities of Asset Leasing to Pakistanis including those working and living abroad.

- A Ban shall be imposed on imports of Non-essential and unproductive articles including Diamonds, Gold, Ornaments, Toiletries, Cosmetics, Garments, Textiles, Arms and Ammunitions etc.

- 100 % compulsory and concessionary Primary Education shall be legislated with all educational institutions to work 20 Hours a Day and 6 Days a Week. The Students of Higher Classes shall be required to teach those in junior classes in order to cope up with the greater need of Teaching Faculty with emphasis on Women and Mothers Teachers Training Institutes.

- 100% Employment shall be legislated with a total ban on Beggary, with enabling environment and compelling circumstances to make it necessary and mandatory for everyone to work for living and be able to play a positive and constructive role in the society thereby being allowed to turn into a resource rather than a liability.

- Jails, Orphanages and Madrassahs shall continue to play their coveted roles but at the same time shall be transformed into Industrial Homes as well.

- All court cases shall be decided in 20 weeks time. Dates shall be fixed not for attendance but for real hearing to make it time and cost effective and result oriented.

- With freeing of all prisoners of minor crimes and all those who are lingering in jails without trials thru a judicial process.

- The Institution of Justice shall be over-overwhelmingly reorganized to concentrate on Alternate Dispute Resolution concept with lawyers to be restricted to charging fixed rates of fees definitely not all of it in advance but half of it after the settlement of disputes / cases.

- The appointments of judges shall continue to be proposed by the President in consultations of Supreme Judicial councils but the Senate should approve those appointments after open scrutiny in front of the Press and the Electronic Media directly relayed live on TV screens, starting the process of such scrutiny with the current Judiciary.

- The Supreme Judicial Council shall be constituted from amongst the living retired Chief Justices of Superior Courts.

- All documentation of Marriages, Businesses, Properties, Rentals, Inheritances and Services Agreements and all other written arrangements shall be done in Courts so as to make it judicious, comprehensive, duly registered and to avoid unnecessary future litigation.

- Corruption is the core issue, incompetence is the outcome causing all the lawlessness, chaos and economic sufferings. Death Penalty shall be legislated for all future Financial Corruption and Nepotism.

-All Arms Licenses shall be cancelled to facilitate De-weaponising the Country and by calling back all arms and ammunitions from Police, Rangers, Security personnel and with all the Public. Death Penalty shall be legislated for possession and use of Arms and Ammunition in the future.

- Inter provincial and inter sects marriages shall be encouraged to help recreate healthier Nation, build national coherence and to embrace religious harmony and reduce problems related to ethnicity and religion.

- Thus giving an enabling environment to common men and women to live in Peace, Security, Honour and Dignity while keeping themselves busy in bread earning engagements in productive / constructive activities, all with commercial viability and making all that rewarding for the investors and the team players.