Sir: We live in a country where tax defaulters and criminals involved in smuggling cars, instead of being prosecuted, are given benefits by the government, by being provided with a chance to come clean by paying only a fraction of the amount that they actually owe to the state. It is time that the people of this country stood up to uphold the rule of law in Pakistan and ensure that the fate and destiny of this country is decided by those for whom Pakistan is the only motherland. MUHAMMAD ANNUS Karachi