The Forgotten Past
Forgetting past, or should it be called fading
away of past memories, is a wonderful gift of nature to mankind. It reduces the
sour taste of bad experiences in life. On the other hand, God being creator has
also given the gift of remembering follies of the past to analyse and avoid any
misadventures in future.
Somehow, Pakistani nation has lost its
capabilities of remembering the follies and is repeatedly going through same
mistakes again and again. It appears
that this nation is not in habit of going through the statistics of past; conversely, statistics of past are not
available at one place for people to compare.
After some toiling efforts basic statistical
data has been gathered and compiled, for common man to assist them in selecting
their future leaders or should it be said future rulers. The data has been used
to create graphs with colour coding to provide visual representation. It demarcates four governments from
1995-2012. Due to absence of accurate and authentic data from a centralised
place, it has been compiled from different sources and validated. Therefore, the data though being authentic
may lack fine precision. From this point onwards the article is without words
for individuals to draw their own conclusion.
Note: The SDR is an international reserve asset, created by the
IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries' official reserves. Its value is
based on a basket of four key international currencies, and SDRs can be
exchanged for freely usable currencies.
Under its Articles of Agreement (Article XV, Section 1, and Article XVIII),
the IMF may allocate SDRs to member countries in proportion to their IMF
quotas. Such an allocation provides each member with a costless,
unconditional international reserve asset on which interest is neither earned
nor paid. However, if a member's SDR holdings rise above its allocation, it
earns interest on the excess. Conversely, if it holds fewer SDRs than
allocated, it pays interest on the shortfall. The Articles of Agreement also
allow for cancellations of SDRs, but this provision has never been used. The
IMF cannot allocate SDRs to itself or to other prescribed holders.
