Not the right questions

BUDGET season is behind us — and with it the opportunity for productive conversations and comparisons centring on inter-governmental development priorities and structural reforms. In recent memory, the only time such conversations flooded the airwaves was after the KP chief minister’s visits to Lahore and Karachi some months ago. For a brief moment, comparisons between the progress achieved under the PTI’s 12-year rule in KP and the track record of parties in other provinces dominated the political discourse — from street discussions among residents to heated arguments between party leaders on national programmes. Given the divisive political slurs that normally eclipse serious political…