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A cry for justice
Share it all honestly ACCORDING to the Sindh Finance Minister, Sardar Ahmed (interview October 19), in the urban areas of Sindh, there are considerable job opportunities as compared to rural areas. I do not know whether Mr Sardar deliberately ignored the seriousness of unemployment or he is not well-acquainted about the job crisis facing the youth of urban centres, like Hyderabad, Sukkur as well as metropolitan Karachi. However, the fact of the day is that, according to the survey conducted by Asian Development Bank, there is approximately 33 per cent unemployed in the urban areas of Sindh which indicates the seriousness of unemployment problem in urban Sindh. Therefore, I would suggest to the Finance Minister of Sindh and would also like to remind him that, it were the urban people who voted him into office. Please do something seriously for the betterment of urban unemployed. SYED AHMED ABBAS ZAIDI Hyderabad Fears are not unfounded WITH reference to Mr Shahid Amin’s interview, Fears are not unfounded (September 21), it was only after the disintegration of USSR in 1991 that India restructured its foreign policy and recognized Israel. It was shrewd decision and reflective of the promotion of its national interests through their foreign policy. So was its foreign policy behaviour towards the US, which despite its close relations with Soviet bloc never turned hostile (1947-91). Indian foreign policy, compared to Pakistan has been rather consistent and balanced without being influenced by a super power. The bases of the formulation of the Indian foreign policy are representative and institutional. It adheres to the principle that “nothing is eternal in international relations but a country’s national interests”. The foreign policy of India, unlike Pakistan, is the result of a representative system and career diplomatic corps. The foreign policy of a country with a military regime system and huge external foreign debt can never be independent, as is in Pakistan’s case. It has drifted from the basic principles it should have been founded on. Due to heavy and undue induction at ambassadorial level, the foreign service of Pakistan seems “military foreign service.” Fears are founded that unlike India, our foreign policy is not very successful and we are losing ground in foreign arena. DR MANSOOR AKBAR KUNDI Quetta Tansen, the magnificient WITH reference to the article, Tansen, the magnificient (October 5), the author has gone through Tansen’s life very elaborately and describes his childhood, youth and accomplishments so clearly that a layman can understand each and every thing. Almost a decade back PTV telecast a serial on Tansen with Zeba Bakhtiar and Asif Raza Mir in leading characters. What actually confuses me is the character of Tani Begum played by Zeba Bakhtiar. The whole drama was based on Tansen’s life and love between Tansen and Tani begum. In the article, there was no mention of Tani begum. Is it a fictitious character or a real one? TANVEER KHADIM Karachi | ||
WITH reference to the article A cry for justice (September 14), I regret to say that there is a cry for justice not only in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan but in all Muslim countries, baring one or two.|
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