Sir: Fortune telling has been in practice for hundreds of years all over the subcontinent. Sadly, it has great influence on not only the low-income classes but the upper (educated) class too. People employed in this occupation take full advantage of superstitious people, the majority of whom comprises women. They maneouvre and trick women into doing things, which not only leads to domestic fights, but even, in some cases, leads to hoodwinking them into spending more money to employ their most powerful tool — black magic. The most successful targets of fortune tellers are the young generation. Students who are through with or about to take their examinations go to these fake predictors of fate. They, in turn, ‘console’ them that they will get the desired result. In case the result is not the desired one, they do not let themselves be accused of lying and deception in any way and come up with all kinds of justifications. Therefore, the point is that whatever they do is not legal and the concerned authorities should take notice and put an end to this business of ‘robbing’ people openly. SYED MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN JAHANIAaLahore