Usman said the middle class is vocal and easily offended by traffic jams and inability to get a seat in a plane on a short notice.
But, the government has other worries as well that include providing electricity to a large chunk of rural population and ensuring better sanitation facilities in slums.
The graduation from poverty to middle class is not possible if majority is deprived of these basic necessities.
Similarly, the headache that the private sector faces is the unavailability of people with right skill set.
“When they come up with sophisticated manufacturing value creation projects, they have to advise the supplier of the technology to train the workforce to operate the technology,” the analyst said, adding that this is a costly affair and could only be resolved if the government comes out of its short term mode to a medium and long term strategy on enhancing human capital.
The bureaucratic red tape is another hurdle in getting a fairly sustainable medium term project that could be completed during the tenure of a serving government.
Usman said bureaucrats are averse to taking risks, fearing defamation through media and particularly social media.
Despite acute power shortages the private sector is vary of the difficult political environment in Pakistan.
Furthermore, when investors need sovereign guarantees on their investment with agencies like World Bank guaranteeing it, the investment would always be costly.
Market analyst Dr Shahid Zia said government planning is also influenced by public opinion. In the power sector, the public desires low cost power. However, low cost power would come from hydro-electricity projects that are completed in 7-8 years.
“The short term solution is rather expensive.”
Moreover, to appease the public, the government opts for short term projects and subsidizes electricity, which it is unable to pay to even the private power producers for the electricity supplied due to resource constraints.
Still, the government wants to privatize more distribution companies without resolving subsidy issue.
The market analyst said more expensive power being added through short term projects would ensure that, “instead of sustainable growth, a sustainable burden is placed on the national exchequer.”