In an editorial written in "Dawn", it argues that the privatisation programme has been a key "constituent of structural reform" programmes in both, the developed and developing economies, in order to achieve greater microeconomic efficiency as opposed to macroeconomics. Overall, the GDP rate grows smoothly with privatization programme remains in effect as opposed to nationalization programme that it had dropped the GDP growth rate of Pakistan, "Dawn" maintained. Major proposals were made to privatise the major and most-profitable industries of Pakistan, namely the Pakistan Railways (PR) where "The Express Tribune" argued that the national railways' condition has gone from bad to worse under government ownership, and only privatisation programme can save the railways with the creation of sense of competition that would drive improvement. Despite its success, the public sector organizations, labor and workers unions remained extremely hostile towards the privatization programmes. In 2005, major demonstrations and worker's revolt took place in Islamabad by the PTCL Workers Unions Action Committee, in an attempt to privatized the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL). Despite the demonstrations the state-corporation was privatized by Shaukat Aziz which resulted in workers’ losing their jobs. In 2012, an unsuccessful attempt was carried out by current government of Pakistan Peoples Party when the government sought to privatize the mega-state corporations, particularly the power sector; major nationalized industries such as WAPDA, IESCo, TESCo, PEPCo were proposed by the finance ministry to privatize the power distribution companies. Major worker's strike were initiated by the central labour unions, and after receiving much criticism, his government halted the privatization programme of energy sector, and nationalized the remaining power sector industries due to public pressure. The Pakistan Peoples Party's intellectuals remains skeptical about the privatization programme and targeted the controversial implementation on numerous occasions. The peoples party maintained that "an elitist or top-notch educational system" which exceedingly comprises private sector’s foreign affiliated schools and universities, has built the "sole source" of producing some proficient minds. While on the other hand, the privatized Madrassah system of education has been patronize different sects of religion, patronize different sects of religion, and further exploited as source of religious extremism and associated with terrorist outfits and their offshoot. The private sector education system negative effects of private sector education and it hashas created a disparity between the rich and the poor. Professor Athar Maqsood of School of Business of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), set forward his argumentative thesis that there are two reasons behind why the privatization has not been successful as was originally perceived are economic reasons and socio-psychological and political reasons.