For Pakistan, 2009 was one of its worst years in history. The Pakistan Army was at war in Waziristan and the Swat region. Suicide bombings, food inflation and poverty rose at an alarming rate and with the political turmoil to boot. I do not understand what a common person should do as his problems go unredressed regardless of who is sitting in the presidency. I request the opposition to please address the problems of the masses and keep their petty squabbles away from parliament because they are supposed to be working for the people and not for their personal gains.