It seems the conscience of our ruling political, civil or khaki elite has gone in hibernation waiting for their insatiable greed for ill-gotten wealth to be filled. How else can those sitting in Islamabad, explain their silence over the never ending scams, that keep on surfacing almost every day. There seems to be no reverence for matters relating to faith, otherwise how else do they explain their unwillingness to prosecute those involved in Haj scam. Likewise, thousands of poor lower middle class citizens and expatriates have been duped into investing in what was supposed to be a ballot for 5 or 8 Marla plots in DHA Islamabad, but turned out to be scheme in partnership with a notorious land mafia tycoon. There was a time when Benazir Bhutto, or Nawaz Sharif were in power and delays in Haj operations would lead to serious accountability. The recent Haj operation was the worst ever conducted in the history of the country and so was the mismanagement in the PIA, yet nothing was done till the employees themselves stood up and grounded the airline to a halt. When will the appetite of sugar cartels be satisfied, or for that matter the massive corruption in NHA, Steel Mills, PASCO, TCP, KPT, FBR, Railways, Rental Power, PIA etc come to an end? I appeal the leaders of our political parties to kindly listen to the voice on streets of Pakistan, before the masses lose their patience and anarchy takes over. There is a limit to the interventions or activism of Supreme Court of Pakistan, which alone cannot provide relief to the people unless the rulers act simultaneously. GULL ZAMAN, Peshawar, February 17.