Sir: A nation cannot survive if it allows its judiciary, colleges and universities to be destroyed through manipulation and greed of corrupt bureaucracy and political elite. In the US, an American national of Pakistani origin, who was the executive of AXACT, has been arrested and facing sentence of over 20 years imprisonment without parole for facilitating the award of fake degrees to citizens. Without investment in human resources through strict state regulatory controls on the quality of education and authenticity of qualified professional specialists in science, technology, medicine, economics and liberal arts, a nation cannot attain either economic development, nor technological self-reliance. The manner in which medical, engineering, IT and business schools have been allowed to mushroom without proper scrutiny of their capability in terms of infrastructure and expertise, amounts to conspiring against the state. In Sindh, a politically powerful medical doctor accused of facilitating establishment of numerous medical colleges involved in mass certification of incapable doctors, has managed to evade punishment for what amounts to intellectual terrorism. The corrupt political and bureaucratic elite of this country, who seek medical treatment abroad on state or ill-gotten black money, have no qualms, nor issues, with their conscience, when they are seen seeking reprieve for such intellectual terrorists. Such criminals deserve strict punishments to serve as deterrence for others. My question to the elected executive, law enforcement and judiciary of this unfortunate country is; Could this doctor manage to evade prosecution in Canada for this heinous crime that he is being accused to have committed? Corrupt practices for monetary gains, which may lead to loss of human lives, amount to culpable homicide and are not a petty matter. ANEELA CHANDIO Sukkur