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Damaged roads
I want to express my concern on the condition of roads of Karachi. The roads in the city are badly damaged due to rain and due to this conditions of roads, travellers are facing many problems especially students, while going to school. Drainage system here is even worse and because of this many accidents have happened in the past.
I believe if the authorities don’t fix this problem, then a lot more accidents may happen in the future. We have lodged complaints a number of times in municipality, but no action has been taken for the redressal of our complaints. Hopefully, the authorities concerned may take some remedial measures after our letter is published in your prestigious newspaper.
LAIBA ABDUR RAB North Karachi
Curse of law of necessity
This country has a chequered history despite the brilliance of Quaid-e-Azam, who in the words of Stanley Wolpert, altered the course of history, modified the map and created a nation state. Yet within years of his death, the modern democratic welfare state that he visualized was to be taken over by the very remnants of British Raj, which they trained and employed to occupy and plunder its assets.
Ayub Khan’s decade of decadence got an infusion to destroy Jinnah’s vision by getting from Justice Munir the justification by extracting a judgment based on Law of Necessity, which had no basis in law, except the Law of Jungle, where judges submit to whims of dictators, monarchs and fascists.
Irrespective of the pressure that was exerted on Justice Munir to extract the junta’s choice of judgment, he will forever stand condemned to ignobility. Imagine the enormity of pressure by a regime, which had no qualms in launching a scandalous campaign against Madar-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah, nor any shame in accepting the gift of Gandhara Motors as a reward to ignore the sole opportunity to liberate IOK in 1962. Even after over 48 years of the 1973 Constitution we witness the surfacing of a modified version of the Law of Necessity where men like Qazi Issa are hounded.
If only, Pakistan had men of character and intellect like Cornelius, Hamood-ur- Rehman, Kiyani and few others in our superior judiciary, Jinnah’s Pakistan would have survived. The people could have enjoyed peace and opportunities offered by modern welfare state, instead of the threats of extremism and terrorism, legacy of Zia’s decade of decadence. Unfortunately, we had to endure the theatrics of Saqib Nisar etc., who enjoyed constitutional protection, yet submitted to temptations and greed, without being subjected to the pressures which Justice Munir faced.
MALIK TARIQ ALI Lahore
Waiting for your response
Kindly permit me to express my concern on the increasing number of crimes in society during the past few years. The crime graph in the country has been recording a spurt for the last few years. Especially, crimes against women and children have increased manifold during the recent past. This alarming rate of increase in crimes is a cause of concern for all right thinking citizens in the country. Lack of moral education, propagation of violence in films and television serials, irresponsible police behaviour and a desire for easy money or undeserved prosperity in life is some of the reasons that lead to crimes.
This situation must be tackled before it is too late. A multi-pronged strategy should be evolved to check crime in society. The public at large and the students in particular should be educated and told to respect the sanctity of life and individual liberty. The police force need to be educated to handle the situation intelligently and sympathetically. The media should be forced to play a responsible positive role. I am sure things will improve before all is lost
ALEENA SIKANDAR
Lahore
Breakdown of electricity
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish to express my concern about frequent breakdown of electricity in our locality. The condition of power supply in our locality is, indeed, very disappointing. The power supply breaks down frequently and at odd times.
This results in misery to the students because they have to attend the online classes due to this pandemic situation. But because of the power cut during their lectures time, many students miss their classes that affect their attendance and performance both. This matter is really serious as it is concerned about the future of the students. This issue has been brought to the notice of authorities concerned many times but to no avail. I request you to bring our grievance into the notice of the concerned authorities by publishing my letter so that they realize the difficulty, look into the matter and do the needful.
AMINA ASHRAF
Gujranwala
