The current situation has been explained in a post-editorial titled "Risk Assessment" by Mr. Zafar Sobhan. He has very rightly pointed out a few important aspects of the present CTG that majority people are really pondering. We can have a quick look at the government's progress report.

Its firm oath to eradicate corruption has been given a question mark by the rumour that the government may even let Tarique Rahman to go outside the country on the plea of medical treatment. So far, mainly political big fish have been targeted although everyone knows that the whole government system (bureaucracy, police, customs, tax officials, health & education sectors) is corrupt from top to bottom.

Separation of the judiciary from the executive has not been done although news was ripe that it would be done within weeks.

Virtually all steps/mis-steps surrounding the "minus two" plan gave a very bad impression about government's intention. This has been only successful in garnering further sympathy for the two ladies.

Demolition of illegal structures, slum eviction, removal of hawkers markets etc. have stopped at the half way stage.

The CTG has been unable to show any success in bringing down the prices of essential commodities.

The most important and talked about thing is that no one knows who is making what decisions and on what ground and reasoning. The newspapers are reporting that the CTG is army-backed. But the people do not know under what arrangement and agreement the system is working as the situation is opaque because of the prevailing emergency rule.

But there is no doubt that the whole nation is backing this government and is ready to give necessary time to bring effective and sustained changes in all crucial government sectors, especially the EC and ACC, so that these two institutions can successfully present the nation an elected parliament and a government of HONEST people.