Letters

Sir: Criticizing yourself or others because of some aspect of physical appearance, that can lead to a vicious cycle of judgment and criticism. In a simple way, we want to change, that we should care about looking slimmer, smaller, tanner and if we don’t, we worry that we are at risk of being the target […]

Sir: Those public sector organizations where a repeated extension has been granted to the chosen few persons in their contractual job after their retirement, unfortunately, those organizations are facing a monumental crisis both administrative and financial. Most of these repeatedly rehired persons do nothing. Never ever they are heard of discussing ideas like great minds, […]

Sir: According to unofficial reports, more than 40 percent of electricity is stolen or embezzled by kunda mafia. The majority of consumers from interior Sindh, Balochistan, KP, and Kashmir do not bother to install electricity meters and prefer to pay some amount to ‘visitors’ or use ‘kundas’ to get free electricity. The result is very […]

Sir: In the last couple of months more than 84-children died in Tharparkar district due to poor facilities in hospitals and malnutrition. According to a survey, 703-children have died due to malnutrition and other diseases to date in 2019. Malnutrition is a condition that results from eating a diet in which one or more nutrients […]

Sir: Electricity bills issued in Turbat are in thousands not in hundreds. Iron is that, in winter, the usage of electricity is reduced but the bills’ amounts are increased drastically. For instance, last year after consuming 150-units, the bill was in few hundreds including duties and taxes. But recent bills with the same unit counts […]

Sir: The Boys School of Jamak in our area starts at 8:30 without assembly and closes at 11:00am because teachers have to finish their personal tasks like farming and gardening alongwith their students. In case of refusal by any of their students, he is punished and threatened of dire consequences of compelling him from school. […]

Sir: Locust’s favourite meal is a lush green crop. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, most crops were destroyed by locusts plague in Ethiopia and Somalia. Locusts then travelled to Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran and entered Pakistan. Locusts reportedly destroyed crops in Karachi Malir, Khairpur, Sukkur, Sanghar, Umarkot and Thar. There […]

Sir: We are facing a flour shortage. Firstly, it has vanished from the market and now it is available but with an increase in per kg price and roti/bread prices are also increased without any intimation. The poor is unable to buy flour now, the irony is that, commodities prices of every household is increased […]