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Afghan refugees
Waiting for mother IDENTIFYING myself with the protagonist of When will Mummy come home? (July 6), I recalled those unbearable school days of mine when I had to undergo the torture of unlocking the doors by myself. Giving a vent to her pent-up feelings, Sheema Zain successfully portrays the permanent vacuum created in the lives of the working women’s children. I hope her eye-opening essay brings home the message to all women that all their children want is their undivided attention, a big hug, a warm welcome and a heart that feels for them. These days, women seem to pursue their careers with more devotion than they pursue their children’s emotional development. They show more dedication to their jobs than towards their home. They don’t seem to realize the damage done to the personality development of their children. As the child survives today, so would he survive tomorrow but then, the mother will lose a soul waiting for her, needing her and relying on her. Motherhood demands selflessness, not so easy to practise but highly rewarded. Be good mothers to create a good nation. MRS BABAR ALI SHAMS Quetta Death penalty THIS is with reference to the article The Ultimate Penalty, (July 13). The writer seems very emphatic in suggesting that the capital punishment should be abolished in Pakistan, since it is doing more harm than good. He also emphasized that our impaired justice system sends more innocent people to their deaths, rather than those who are really responsible. I would like to stress here that if the justice system is impaired and misusing capital punishment, abolishing the latter will do nothing to improve the justice system. If capital punishment in our society fails to deter criminals, then isn’t it the fault of the law enforcement agencies rather than the law itself? Capital punishment has been clearly permitted in the Holy Quran in the following verse: “We ordained therein for them: Life for life; eye for eye; nose for nose; ear for ear; tooth for tooth; and wounds equal for equal. “But if anyone remits the retaliation by way of charity it is an act of atonement for himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) wrong-doers.” Surah Al-Maidah; Ayah 45. We, as the citizens of an Islamic republic, should not be questioning those laws in our constitution, which are in conjunction with Allah (SWT)’s rules. To suggest that capital punishment should be abolished because the justice system is impaired, is analogous to throwing away the apples when we know that it is the oranges which are rotten. HAFSA AHSAN Karachi | ||
THIS is in reference to The Afghan Question (July 6). Overall, the article was quite informative; however, it had neglected the presence of Afghans in Balochistan, who have even got their locals and ID cards.|
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