Failure to fulfill promises: public perception about PTI government getting downbeat

The public perception about Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government to some extent is getting negative as it failed to fulfill most of its promises made with the nation including provision of jobs, curbing inflation and introducing major reforms in health and education sectors, revealed a survey conducted by Business Recorder.
Imran Khan during his election campaign had pledged to create job opportunities, provide quality health and education facilities, bring down the price of petroleum and essential as well as reduce power/gas loadshedding.
However, talking to Business Recorder people from different walks of life who had pinned high hopes on Khan expressed reservations at the overall performance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government so far.
Faiq Shah, a finance officer at a private firm, said that people voted PTI to give them relief in terms of provision of basic facilities including health and education but unfortunately no visible change has been observed in public sector hospitals and education institutions even in the federal capital so far.
"We are still facing the same problems in hospitals as previously with a shortage of health facilities including availability of beds, shortage of necessary medical equipment and a long wait for surgeries," he said.
Muhammad Jamil, who was standing outside the polyclinic hospital, said that he had hoped that during PTI government poor people would get medicines at lower prices but instead the government endorsed a raise in medicine prices from 9 to 15 percent which has made it difficult for the poor to purchase medicines.
Bilal Ahmed, a government employee, said, "the rise in gas prices has badly affected the quality of life of the general public which was already over burdened due to heavy school fees and high utilities tariffs," he lamented.
Irfan Khawaja, associated with construction industry, said that the increase in prices of construction material including cement, iron and steel, bricks, sand and crush has badly affected construction activities which may increase the housing shortage in the country.
Gul Mohammad Khan, a farmer from Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that agriculture sector is still being ignored, and small farmers cannot afford heavy price of fertilizers, pesticides and seeds.
Asma Nazir, a house wife, said that prices of essential food items have witnessed a dramatic increase during the last few months affecting her daily budget.
She hoped that the situation might improve in the next few months. She however commended the government for construction of shelter houses in different parts of the country for the homeless. Asad Ullah Khan, a resident of Peshawar, said that the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) brought an improvement in health, education sector and police department in the province but the federal government so far has taken no significant steps to improve service delivery in other provinces particularly Punjab.
He advised the Prime Minister to monitor the KP as it is not performing as well during its current tenure. Sadia Abbas, a student said, "We supported PTI because we felt that it would reform health and education sectors and police department but we have lost hope after the Sahiwal incident."