PM cites Russian novelist to describe Pakistan's elitist economy inherited by PTI

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday shared the words of a renowned writer Ayn Rand eerily prescient of Pakistan’s economy ruled by corrupt and elitist mindset as inherited by the current government.

In her novel “Atlas Shrugged” in 1957, the Russian-American writer and philosopher had said, “When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion–when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing–when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors.”

This is so apt for the Pakistan inherited by the PTI govt. pic.twitter.com/MHUJWkDUMQ

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) 7 July 2019

She went on saying in her widely read novel, “When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you–when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice–you may know that your society is doomed.”

The prime minister, whose government inherited Pakistan with a record deficit and foreign loans worth Rs 30,000 billion, the quote on his Twitter handle saying, “This is so apt for the Pakistan inherited by the PTI govt.”