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Covid and
our future
Covid has changed the world in enormous aspects. Millions of peoples have lost their lives and other are suffering.
The third wave is more dangerous and even major portion of the world was not ready to cope the magnitude of it.
Every life is precious irrespective of color, caste, creed, and nationality and we are losing lives on both sides of the border.
India has crossed 16 million confirm cases, hundred thousand cases are increasing on daily basis, their health system is overwhelmed, numerous people have died waiting outside the hospital due to shortage of oxygen, event there is a long queue of families waiting to a performed funeral for their lost love ones.
In Pakistan, the number of positive cases is increasing day by day. there is great pressure on major hospitals of cities, we are facing a shortage of vaccines.
What pandemic forced us and we have to learn that there is a great need for cooperation between different nations, there is an urgent need for humanitarian diplomacy rather than political.
We have to revise our domestic, economic, and foreign policies. For God’s sake, take the advantage of this situation and dilute your differences.
Spend money on health, food, literacy, unemployment and to eliminate poverty rather than on weapons.
There is always a light at the end of the tunnel we have to focus on our collective future.
FAYYAZ SALIH HUSSAIN
Karachi
Easing marriage customs
THE expensive yet wrong customs have made marriage mission impossible for majority of Pakistani families as they have to make efforts beyond their economic status to follow the approved pattern of social contract between the two families on both sides: dowry, foods, marriage halls, gold ornaments, dresses, transportations, house decorations, etc.
The lifetime earned money is lavishly spent with great pomp and show to realize this dream.
But in such a situation, the unique decision of a bride from a remote area of the country has become an example to set a new trend in the wedlock.
The new couple, Dr Sajjad Jhadoon and Naila Shamal, who married last Sunday in Mardan, has decided to bring about a positive social change in the society.
Therefore, the couple has caught attention of the public on social media with their unique approach when the bride has demanded books of Rs. 1,00,000/- in her haq mehr for which her husband gladly agreed to fulfill.
Instead of asking for material wealth, the highly educated bride has made a history by setting an example of simple yet unique and elegant wedlock demand for the general public.
At the heart of the decision was actually the revival of dying book reading culture in Pakistan.
The bride has promoted importance of books for mental growth — that inculcates tolerance and respect for plurality and opposite opinions among the youngsters.
The couple has laid the foundation for bringing about a positive change in the society by making the marriage ceremony easy and affordable for the common people.
This marriage was also unique due to the display of photos and names of both the bride and bridegroom on the wedding cards along with the viral videos to local media on demanding books.
Positive social change can only take place when minds of the girls get equipped with higher education.
TAJ NABI KHAN
Islamabad
Tread sensibly,
Mr PM
The people of Pakistan have voted for you and your party to bring tangible change in their lives.
We are a developing country with loads of foreign loans and also facing poverty, low education level, poor medical and education facilities for the masses.
Literally, it’s getting hard for a common man to feed himself along with family in today’s soaring inflation.
Allow me to say, till todate, you have not been able to come up with a comprehensive strategy at national level to tackle issues I have raised as a common citizen.
You and your government have instead been busy in catching thieves of corruption and that too all from opposition.
Instead, you should have focussed more on development of education, medical, infrastructure right from KP to Karachi.
Each time, you get a chance to address the nation, you come with a pre determined mindset that rest all are either not Muslims or less Muslims.
Please, it’s not the people of Pakistan fault , if you as an individual, has come to know about Islam and the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in later ages of life.
You sound like giving a Friday prayer sermon with no mention of your policies or actions by your government to combat poverty, hunger, free medical treatment and education and a way forward for the nation.
You are under a wrong impression, Mr Prime Minister, that you would catch all thieves of corruption one day and make Pakistan a corruption free society.
Please start considering yourself Prime Minister of a country before it’s too late, instead SHO of a local police station or Mobaligh of some deeni mardarasha.
Trust me, Pakistanis do not need lectures from you on importance of Islam as religion. By grace of Almighty, days when you did not believe in God , Pakistanis still were Muslims and the respect and esteem of Holy Prophet (PBUH) ran in our veins as blood. All due respect, we as nation do not need any affirmation of this from you.
SHAHZAD LODHI
Rawalpindi
