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Wastage
of time!
When the government announced lock down due to COVID-19, people were not worried in the start and they think that they will spend some time off from their work. But as the lock down extends for weeks and further, people started getting depressed, worried and annoyed while staying at home. They started to find some indoor activities. They actively started using social media Apps like TikTok and YouTube. And the last but not the least Memes creators on social apps especially on Facebook got very huge advantage of this situation and create a lot of memes. And the Netflix addicts spend all the time watching movies and TV shows. But in my opinion no one reads a book.
We could take much more advantage from this lockdown by gaining some knowledge through reading books. We could improve our reading habits but unfortunately a lot of us didn’t, people of 21st century are the most unfortunate regarding reading books. We must know that half of success is in reading books and to learn about new things. We have to learn new things instead of wasting time on useless things which will not give us our future dreams. Therefore, I will urge, read to learn and learn to help. I must quote a saying, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.”
SYED KASHIFULLAH SHAH
Islamabad
Street crime during
COVID-19
Street crime in Pakistan’s economic and business hub has continued unabated despite checkpoints set up by the authorities amid a lockdown to curb and contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dozens of citizens were mugged, losing their mobile phones, cars and motorcycles over the past almost three weeks. According to a police report comprising data from March 20 to April 7, at least 379 mobile phones and 31 bikes were snatched, while 1,049 robberies took place. The 19-day period includes the 16-day lockdown as well.
The major cause of street crime is illiteracy and unemployment. People need to be educated and made aware about how and why street crimes are committed. Secondly, showing off expensive automobiles, cell-phones and jewellery ignites desires to obtain such items which ultimately force people to take the shorter, easier and more sinister route.
ARWA JAVED
Wazirabad
Even bad had something good within it
Coronavirus has hit the world so badly not just physically but emotionally too. Staying in quarantine is rather hectic and overwhelming for many of us but still this time can be spent in positive activities because even the bad has some of good within it. Isn’t it so that we are gifted with some spare time for ourselves out of the busy and robotic life. For me quarantine turns out to be the meditation time. These days I have more time for prayers and doing things to stay connected with my religious obligations and find myself more close to Almighty Allah. Also I manage to take out time to love and adore little moments with my family.
Morning breeze wasn’t that fresh before and I never got time to inhale the aromatic smell of coffee. I got plenty of time to redecorate my home and expose a little artiste hidden inside a busy woman. And the best thing that happened to me is that I got a new best friend: My Mother. Another good thing is that the money I used to waste in hangouts is now given in Sadqah which is of the best use and gives inner satisfaction.
Things are not that bad as they seem and can be made better. Staying in quarantine has made me rediscover myself and I have become more close to my family and left behind hobbies. People say time is money but these days I have realised that time is everything. Getting enough time to complete a half left book or a half done painting or left over decoration idea is more relaxing than just sitting idle and taking stress of getting sick or dead. Death is inevitable then why to waste this precious time we are blessed to love. It is time to live life with ourselves and discover the beautiful person inside you.
FIDAK ZAHRA
Attock
Some
positive side
Traffic is gone, gas is affordable, less air pollution, kids are at home with their families, parents are home taking care of their children and spend some quality time together. Fast food replaced by home cooked meals. Hectic schedules replaced by naps, rest and relaxation. The air seems cleaner. The world is quieter. People are conscious of hygiene and health. Money doesn’t seem to make the world go round anymore.
Doctors and nurses are being praised and recognized instead of athletes and celebrities and we now have time, finally to stop and smell the roses. The positive side above all, I’m pretty sure this was God’s way of telling us to slow down and stop destroying His world and sent us to our rooms to think about what we have done. Let’s make sure next time to protect and preserve our precious Mother Nature so the universe will not punch us again.
IQRA SIDDIQUI
Karachi
Modi should repent
I’m not an astrologer, neither am I a holy man. But one thing for sure, India’s PM, Shri Narendra Modi’s soul will burn in hell fire after his death for harassing the people of India, especially Christians and Muslims during lockdown period. And prayers and poojas will not help for God to take his soul to heaven. It’s time he repented now and led a good life.
JUBEL D’CRUZ
Mumbai, India
