Public buildings, parks, etc. should only be named after non-controversial, towering personalities with a clean public record and outstanding national contribution. Also there should be a parliamentary committee for this purpose and such decisions should not be based on `royal decrees`.

Therefore, despite the unfortunate manner of Benazir`s death, the NRO-based amnesty granted by a dictator and years of inept governance are hardly grounds for renaming Islamabad Airport after her.

However, if her husband is so keen on “immortalising” her name, I am sure he will have no problem whatsoever in funding any one of many public service projects from his own pocket. The poor tax-payers of this country might not mind this at all.

A POOR PAKISTANI TAX-PAYER Gujaranwala