Sir: Freedom for a country or its people means living in one’s own land, under one’s own laws and feeling the liberty to live life the way one wants, follow the principles one believes in and practice the religion one wants to. We were under British rule before partition and then the great Quaid gave us a free country. Little did he know that we are enslaved by not only the British but also the US; even a single US citizen can shut down our airports and block roads, making us wait outside fences like herds of sheep. We are enslaved by the so-called ‘reformists’, who constantly try to ‘reform’ us, and the Taliban who can kill as they like, when they like and whosoever they like. We are not a free country; we are slaves, each and every one of us. People who have different beliefs, religions or thinking are not welcome here. Happy Independence Day anyhow. DR IRFAN ZAFAR Islamabad