Great Expectations from Surroundings:

By: Mariyah Saleem, Gr 7, Lahore, Pak.
Everyone has lofty aspirations from others. Expectations are a part of life, and they enrich it. Sometimes our expectations are satisfied, but other times they are not. We demand a lot from individuals, such as love and care and a genuine relationship without any outcome.
However, it’s our worst blunder. People are cruel, and you have no one more special than your parents, followed by your siblings.
We expect a lot from our politicians without realizing that they merely seek fame and money beneath the table. They are unified, and we the people are fighting for them blindly. The nonsense, we overlooked. The globe collected donations for the flood, but no one knows where the many millions went. We vote for them because we have feelings and expectations for them. We make plans that inflation will be controlled, that we will find the great opportunity for our source of income, and unexpectedly, there is a high-level expectation with the vote, but when they succeed, they never do anything for us, the people, they don’t treat us like humans, and when your trust breaks and you realize the person was actually manipulating your mind, that’s the most painful and it hurts a lot.
Being a GenZ, I get to hear a lot from my grandparents about how they used to purchase a sack of wheat in a few Ana’s (it was a medium of exchange at that time). Well, that seems like a distant dream now as inflation has taken over our lives completely. Even though inflation is prevalent everywhere in the world now, it has affected Pakistan more than others. That’s because despite facing inflation and other issues, other countries are rising towards success whereas Pakistan is heading towards the relatively lower end of the spectrum. Unfortunately, in today’s time, Pakistan is stuck in its self-created political circus.
Amongst various other problems, inflation is one of the biggest issues this country is currently facing. A skyrocketing increase in inflation has reached those dangerous levels which were never seen or even heard before. Survival of a common man has become extremely difficult. Not only is that, but even highly paid professionals are worried about the present and the next upcoming inflation flood too. In today’s time, the war between Russia and Ukraine plays an integral role in this increased inflation rate across the globe, due to which diesel and petrol rates have also risen exponentially. Previous stable markets have crashed, dollar rates are very high, and local traders are facing immense losses. Grocery items have become unaffordable for people. People are opting for double-shift jobs so that they can make ends meet. There is chaos among people. As per my understanding it’s our fault too because poor policies and ill management of our government is making the situation worse. We select leaders on a lame and vague basis; poor policies and ill management of our government are making the situation worse. The current situation of the country is very critical. Is the long march worth it? What are its aftereffects? The long march is going excitedly, and difficulties have been faced, but not letting down excitement of people. As Imran khan ruled for 3years in Pakistan. What happened with the country is the same as it was. On top of that, continuous unstable political situation in our country making our survival even worse. The one proof of political instability is the long marches that take place whenever a political party wants to put forth their agenda. These marches cost us a huge amount of money along with other disadvantages such as closing of roads, transportation services, business meetings and even national level events thus putting entire country on halt that ultimately leads to weakened country standing in the world. However, there’s another side to these long marches, i.e., that they enable people to raise their voices against corruption and several other problems they feel are hindering the progress of their country. People take part in these peaceful marches to express their anger, frustrations, concerns, and disappointments over matters that they find are damaging to the overall reputation of the country internationally. So, in my view, it is a double-edged sword. Thus, in my opinion, we as a nation should stand together and not get jumped onto the bandwagon of different political parties, and instead of fighting among ourselves, we need to hold each other up and stop these politicians ruining our country. We need to stop corruption by removing corrupt people from our nation and do some introspection which will be very valuable for ourselves as well as for our country. Pakistan needs to increase the export of goods and services which will eventually strengthen Pakistan’s currency.
Don’t constantly anticipate amazing things from wasted people. Always anticipate huge visions from great people and only think about big issues since no one cares about you.