Campaign cycle sympathising a stark reality
With campaign season about to conclude, the populace of Peshawar is worried that public representatives that they eventually choose will end up forsaking their respective constituencies until the next campaign cycle or election. Residents of Khyber Paktunkhwa’s (K-P) capital feel that once their chosen candidates have landed in the provincial or National Assembly, they move back to their homes in Islamabad and forget about the promises they have made during the campaign cycle. One such resident is Noman Khan, who lives near the Railway Lines area. “Candidates become overly concerned and sensitive to our problems during election season but once that abates we are left on our own,” regretted Noman. When asked to elaborate on the problems in his constituency, Noman said that the drainage in the area was quite poor and the problem had exacerbated in the last two years. “Whenever it rains, our entire vicinity becomes a pond, which impacts routine life but no one has addressed it yet despite...