Daily Times

Sir: Every time the election comes around, multiple time Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif promises to turn one country or another into ‘Paris’. However, the recent rains seem to have turned his pet city into Venice instead. Even the Rescue 1122 services had to travel by boat!Of course, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chairman could not let an opportunity like this pass. According to him, these rains have exposed the ‘myth’ of PML-N’s development. On the other hand, Shahbaz Sharif says that the city was flooded because of

In all of this, it has been forgotten that these were record breaking rains. Never before has Lahore received 252 milliliters of rain in such a short timespan. Therefore, instead of using this disaster to score political points,our political leaders must take a serious stance on climate change. This is an enemy which cannot be negotiated with or defeated militarily. Action must be taken before it is too late.

SHAHRYAR KHAWAJA

Lahore

Published in Daily Times, July 5^th 2018.