Letters

Sir: The city of Karachi, the mother of poor as some say, remains in shambles. Karachi produces about 30 percent of value-added in large-scale manufacturing, 20 percent of the GDP, the World Bank identified Karachi as the most business-friendly city in Pakistan. The root causes of all its problems are corrupt politicians and incapable management. […]

Sir: Amid the decrease in coronavirus cases the government has decided to reduce restrictions in lockdown under strict Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs). But in my area Sindh University Society, SoPs are not been followed as per rules. At dhabba’s, markets, and other public places the SoPs are not been followed. It’s a request to Deputy […]

Sir: According to social media reports (still not confirmed from official sources), some cases of dengue have been registered in Lahore. Our government is fighting with Corona, has been fighting with locust and now dengue is rising. The provincial governments should take solid steps to rooted our dengue as it always appears after rains in […]

Sir: In the past, downpours caused urban flood, heavy downpours caused more flood in Karachi. Presently, rains caused floods, and electricity vanished adding additional miseries to civic life. NADEEM ILLYAS BUTT Karachi

Sir: In comparison with other provinces, Balochistan is lagging behind in education. Though Baloch are willing to get the education but, due to lack of investment for the education sector, they remain deprived of it. Furthermore, the rich go to another city to study, but the poor remain uneducated or do not get a quality […]

Sir: Currently politics is mainly focused on precipitation due to monsoon season and particularly Karachi metropolitan city is a center of discussion among politicians, media wings, and general masses. However, other areas get less attention because of this rain fuss. In rain emergency and urban flooding, public relief campaigns are essential to be conducted. As […]

Sir: Still hundreds of thousands believe that there is no Coronavirus and consider this epidemic as a conspiracy theory. No doubt our government has been struggling to control this virus and surely lockdown has produced good results but people still not taking care of themselves and rushed towards northern areas for ‘picnic’. News are coming […]

Sir: Unveiling a new political map by Pakistan on Aug 5, was a well-calculated move against the revocation of the special status of Kashmir by India last year. It is considered to be a step towards the resolution of the Kashmir dispute by Pakistan. However, such abstract political moves may only provoke our Eastern neighbour […]

Sir: It is estimated that every plastic-bag we use in our everyday life takes 10 to 1,000 years to decompose and plastic bottles can take 450 years or more. Plastic bags should be banned as they are non-biodegradable causing pollution and cannot be recycled as burning plastic diffuses harmful smoke. Plastic also emits some radiation […]