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Being a brave
There is no denial and we all, wholeheartedly, admit that the world belongs to those who confront difficulties, those who fail but don’t give up.
Instead quitting, they get up and initiate their works again and take steps towards their destinations or desired goals.
Really, they are the real brave ones who face failures, who embrace risks and who confront people and their harshness.
There are numerous people who succeeded with less facilities and equipment.
Some succeeded at the age of 50.
On the other hand, some died at the age of 20 or under 20s.
It simply means success is upon what is in your mind and what kind of mindset do you have; a brave and positive mindset or a negative and excusing mindset.
No matter who you are, what your caste is and which family do you belong to as well as what your gender is.
The only thing which matters the most is you and your feedback upon difficulties and people’s harshness.
Thus, be a person who loves himself, who cares about him and his life and never thinks about others and never does wrong to himself just because of others’ expectations and rudeness.
PARVEZ BAKHSH
Malir, Karachi
Thalassaemia in Balochistan
Thalassaemia is the name for a group of inherited conditions that affect a substance in the blood called haemoglobin.
People with Thalassaemia produce either no or too little haemoglobin, which is used by red blood cells to carry oxygen around the body.
This can make them very anaemic (tired, short of breath and pale)
Thalassaemia is a nightmare for most of the people in Balochistan.
People from different areas of Balochistan visit the Thalassaemia care city centre.
People from the area of the far flung areas of Mastung, Pishin, Kalat visit this centre for the sole purpose of seeking treatment.
Every day people receive blood transfusions and regular shots.
Thalassaemia is a genetic disorder caused by marriage within families.
Thalassaemia is a deadly disease with symptoms which can’t be discerned easily.
It causes mild anaemia and affects blood-forming potential.
There are nearly 30 different mutations and they require 30 different treatments.
But most of the time the rapid spread of Thalassaemia is the negligence of parents make children compel to enlarge spleen, liver and even heart.
And children are at the risk owing to their children carelessness.
There are nearly 1,735 cases of Thalassaemia major registered in Quetta.
Only two hospitals of Thalassaemia exist in Quetta’s Civil Hospital and Bolan Medical Complex.
Around 60 children are given blood at two centres daily.
According to official sources, there is 8.
1 percent prevalence of Thalassaemia among the Baluch population and 5.
6 among the Pashtun.
People of Balochistan need awareness to be raised through seminars so the people can be empowered to help themselves.
HAMMAL NASEER
Balnigwar
Family needs working women
Woman marriage issue is always on the top list in Pakistan.
This issue reflects some serious reasons we see in our daily life but some causes are so minor that we ignore them.
Women having no siblings have to take responsibility for their old parents and their needs individually.
She starts earning from a very early age to take care of her home.
Her 30s passed in uplifting her commitments and she reached the age of 40 where she was looking forward to her future with her husband and children.
But unfortunately, we are living in a society where we consider age an important component of marriage as compared to other qualities in women.
Proposals came and there is a list of rejections a woman is facing on a daily basis.
No one is asking what is their mistake in all this?
The only option that remains for them is to blame the family and then themselves.
They either have to get married to a person who is a multiple of their age or they have to remain alone the whole life.
And we have plenty of such examples.
We all need a change in our society and to make it a common thing that a digit cannot decide if a woman is capable of getting married or not.
Our society needs a change and for this, we have to change.
WARDAH HAMED
Lahore
Environmental impacts
Fresh air and clean water have been, for centuries, regarded as the key ingredients to a long and healthy life.
Air and water are two elements that actually enter easily into living cells and represent their important structural elements that keep their metabolism going.
Sadly enough, with the rise of the industrial development, access to the clean air and water has become a luxury.
And not only for us, even plants and wild animals living in distant ecosystem suffer greatly of the negative impact of air pollution.
Thus, it is my humble request to the government, please set some rules for those factories that cause dust or pollution by what the other sides’ citizens are getting more disadvantages instead of getting advantages.
KADIM AMJID
Turbat Delta
