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Syrian protests, lesson for Pak
Syria – a war torn country – is facing public protests: against Assad regime. People are protesting and claiming Assad responsible for economic downturn. These protests started from southern Syria and spread out almost to entire Syria. Despite almost one decade of Assad regime, governance complaints are there and people are out of control and carrying out continuous effort for regime change.
Similar situation prevails in Pakistan too regarding unsatisfactory performance of the successive governments. The only thing creating difference – in case of Pakistan- is democratic regime. People have experienced the three consecutive terms of democratic government but still could not feel the difference in terms of political and economic betterment. Poverty remains on its peak. Unemployment is rampant across the country. Inflation has made the common people life miserable. Public has now even become leaderless. No leader is willing to come forward. Now, people have decided to come out for their fundamental rights. There’s no other option except this.
The need of the hour is that ruling elite should take Syrian uprising as an alarm because sooner or later, Pakistan can also face same fate as Bashar ul Assad confronting now-a-days. Therefore, leaders of all political parties should sit and join their heads together to save country from civil war-like situation. They should give priority to national interests, instead of merely focus on personal benefits.
ASIF MEHMOOD
Attock
Less action
by PM
The caretaker prime minister has faced a major challenge managing public expectations over the past week or so. When protests over the significant increase in electricity tariffs had first broken out, Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar moved quickly to assuage the public’s concerns, promising the people he would secure some sort of relief. It appears he hadn’t done his homework on the state of the country’s finances.
Having received a reality check from his cabinet and the IMF, he is now telling the people that they “have to pay the bills”. But many of those bills had already been burnt. Many are also likely to have become overdue, incurring additional penalties as citizens waited for the PM to deliver. It is bad luck for Mr Kakar, who has inadvertently ended up causing more trouble rather than solving anything. Perhaps the episode should serve as a lesson on how even the best of intentions can end up exacerbating public harm.
TABISH FEROZ
Turbat
Learning
from the past
Unsurprisingly, nowadays a plethora of conventional Pakistanis discourage the youth from pursuing tertiary education in developed countries. These young people are labelled with the tag of “traitors” if they go abroad. A famous proverb perfectly encapsulates this conundrum, “The nations who don’t learn from their past are condemned repeating it” but how does this correlate with the predicament at hand?
For that, we have to look back to when Muslims were renowned for their extraordinary wisdom. This was the time when Baghdad was the centre of learning and it was the Muslims who dominated academic research there. People from all over the world came there to learn from Muslim scholars and they took that precious knowledge back to their country and implemented it.
In the contemporary age, those people’s nations are now leading the world while we have been left in the dust. This is because they gathered knowledge regardless of the source and utilized it efficiently. Contrary to this, our traditional elders are restricting the youth from going to the countless Baghdads of this age which are the universities in developed countries.
Therefore, we have to “learn from our past”. We not only have to encourage going abroad to top-notch universities but should also provide pivotal opportunities for such intellectual individuals. In this way, we can incentivize them not to settle in the developed countries but to actually return to their homeland and nudge Pakistan in the right direction.
MOEID IRFAN WARRAICH
Sialkot
Am I going to Bigg boss?
This letter refers to Sir Dhurve Rathee’s one of the latest videos, “Am I going to Bigg boss?” First of all praise be to this man, Dhurve Rathee. What an analyst he is, impressed! Coming to the video, the video shows the saddest part of Indian media, news channels and newspapers. Indian media claims that the famous YouTuber Dhruv Rathee is going to Bigg boss. It can be rightly said that the video was created to refute the claims of the fake reports.
In response to the fake news of Indian media, Dhruv Rathee shares the video and directly refuses and says that neither he is invited to Bigg boss nor he is going to go even if they invite him or offer him some money. Maybe you, the reader, are thinking what does it have with us? This is a big lesson for all the channels be it Indian or Pakistani. Media should learn a lesson and avoid spreading fake news just for increasing TRP and Rankings
Moreover, if you are a student you can learn many things in the video like Sadism which is thoroughly described. To be honest, all his videos are meaningful but this video was a bit different. If you didn’t watch, go and watch it. You will definitely learn a lot.
PARVEZ BAKHSH
Malir, Karachi
All about sadism
This is the saddest reality of our society that most people get pleasure when they see others in pain but did you know that it is a mental disorder? Yes of course, a fully fine person who has feelings will never enjoy others’ pain. Only a psychopath becomes happy and enjoys when he sees people being hurt. One can define sadism by these words, “Something that pleases by influencing pain, and humiliation on others.” Bullying and humiliating others are the worst part of it.
You must have watched in old Bollywood movies that two gladiators fought each other and the crowd cherished them. Just like unfortunately, nowadays we see in the streets two people fight and less people stop, more watch and record that in the mobile.
Moreover, we all have observed that most people become happy in others’ loss. Some become happy saying that it is Karma and some call it the justice of Nature but it is true that being happy in others’ pain is not favourable whether they get what they deserve. If still one enjoys others’ loss, he is influencing sadism which should not be.
I hope you learned that influencing sadism is not right for human beings because all humans are ruled by the Almighty Allah. Today, the pain found them, tomorrow it will find you, me and all of us. So, kindly try to be happy and make others be happy.
MOULA Bakhsh
Malir, Karachi
Box letter
Flour prices
After a high increase in inflation, price of flour is being increased unbearably. The poor are already crying for deadly price-hike of commodities prices. The survival of poor is going very tough and they are unable to meet their both ends needs. It is requested to the government to go after the culprits like hoarders and corrupt and don’t punish the poor.
JUNAID KHAN BALOCH
Larkana
