It takes a special breed of people to create situations like these.

The perpetual energy crisis was always there. But with sheer ineptness and commitment to cronyism and tireless efforts at mismanaging priorities and obliging special interest groups, the government of Pakistan has now handed the citizens of Pakistan a petrol crisis as well.

Global oil prices have been in free fall for the last eight weeks. The prices are falling because there is too much supply of oil in the market but not enough buyers. So at a time of excess oil supply and plummeting prices, our government has managed to secure for the people of Pakistan an oil shortage.

Just let that sink in.

I doubt it will though because it makes absolutely no sense, except maybe the special kind of sense which the Ministry of Information possesses.

Know more: Supply-chain breakdown

The crisis is moronic, to say the least, and completely down to the inability of this government to get the simplest things right. What's worse is the magnitude of indifference with which it has been and is being handled.