Words Without Actions.

Climate change Minister Shery Rehman has warned of an acute water shortage in Pakistan. She is not alone in issuing warnings. Imran Khan spent many years warning and lecturing without delivering anything substantial. All ministers and government functionaries issue warnings and express fear about water shortage and paint doomsday scenarios all the time. but despite occupying important power positions they are practically taking no action or making no efforts to mitigate climate change impact. None of the high-ups takes the trouble to execute policies and plans to lessen water shortage or improve public services.

The reason is that we as a nation are profuse in verbosity, very generous in the issuance of statements and setting unachievable targets.

The main reason includes that those at the helm of the affair are hardly affected by the multitude of issues. All ministers and those connected with the government reap bumper crops have large hunting areas, and large bungalows with sprawling gardens. Thus how can they realize the missilery and hardship of those small farmers or peasants whose lands remain barren for decades and their corps rarely cultivated in case of flood or high rains wither away due to no availability of second or...