Need for immediate relief.

Prime Minister Imran Khan's presence at the passing-out parade of Islamabad police was an occasion when one least expected him to devote a good part of his speech to berating the leadership of the PML(N) and the PPP. At a time when the country's economy is under severe pressure while Pakistan is also in the grip of the coronavirus' second wave and its student community has already lost months of instruction, there is a need on the part of the PM to pay undivided attention to these grave national issues. It was natural on this occasion for the Islamabad police to ask the PM to bring their pays at the level of their colleagues in Punjab. Telling them that the expenditure of the PM House had been reduced by 60-70 percent would hardly satisfy them, or for that matter the man in the street when the PM himself acknowledges that the people of the country are facing unprecedented inflation. While it is good to tell the police to reform their conduct, become people-friendly and perform their duties to protect the life and property of the people, it is equally necessary to remove their genuine grievances...