90% of Pakistanis blame Imran govt for income squeeze

Islamabad: About 90% of Pakistanis believe that their income has been squeezed and 92.9% consider inflation and price hike to be the highest during PM Imran Khan’s government since 2018, with many calling it “incompetent”, according to a survey by Transparency International Pakistan.
“Compared to the three federal governments, majority of Pakistanis (92.9%) consider inflation and price hike to be the highest in the current PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) government’s tenure (2018-2021), compared to 4.6 % during the PML-N government (2013-2018) and 2.5% in the PPP government (2008-2013),” said the report, National Corruption Perception Survey 2021.
The majority of survey participants attributed the government’s “incompetence” as the main reason for the rising inflation and shrinking income. At least 50.6% said the government was “incompetent”, 23.3% alleged corruption, 16.6% pinned the inflation on lack of policy implementation, and 9.6% blamed it on politicians meddling in government affairs.
Regarding the government’s anti-corruption drive, 66.8% said the PTI government’s accountability drive was partial, whereas 85.9% considered its self-accountability to be unsatisfactory. At least 51.9% of Pakistanis blamed weak accountability for the rise in corruption, whereas 29.3% linked it to the greed of powerful people and 18.8% blamed it on low salaries.