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The lost Jinnah
(2) WHY do we today question Quaid’s person character and political struggle? It is our own loophole the we have thrown our generation into an unfathomable sea of misunderstanding non-emotional behaviour, towards Quaid, and in the process, made him supernatural. As far as Quaid’s real struggle is concerned I comment Leonard Mosely’s statement, “Pakistan — one man achievement”. Quaid never had been conscious of labouring himself the great messiah, the saviour of Muslims of India. He was an unconscious artist of the drawing of Pakistan. If Quaid would have been here he certainly would have disliked the celebration of birth anniversaries with gusto as we have spent millions of rupees on “Fatima Jinnah train”. Why didn’t we bring this wealth into some useful purpose? How can we expect happiness of the souls of those people who are denied to travel in an aircraft with severe sickness? Quaid’s devotion, determination, integrity, wisdom, honesty, justice was unprecedented. Today we need a practical approach to follow the Quaid as a polar star. RAFIA SARWAT Multan It’s a thing of joy, or is it? WITH reference to the article, It’s a thing of joy, or is it? (December 28, 2003) I agree that this competition is nothing but exploitation of women. However, two of the opinions given by Tariq Amin and Shaiyanne Malik show their support for the competition. Tariq’s opinion that “it is only those who haven’t got it that resent such forums”, is baseless because of his deliberate ignorance of the actual facts, due to which such competitions are opposed. He also ‘laments’ that women suffer greatly because of men and concludes that if those women are allowed a ‘makeover and grooming’ they would get away from their pitiable life. It’s a surprise he doesn’t suggest men should be stoped from subjugating women! Shaiyanne suggests “art and cultural shows” will dispel the myth that our country is backward. Why associate backwardness with “well-planned cultural shows”? Why denial of women’s right be stamps of approval for arranging fashion shows? If one really is sincere in ones statements about women’s miseries, one should stop suggesting to give her lolly-pops of fashion shows or makeover. The real solution lies in making the woman aware of her rights and this is possible only through education. Speaking of education, female literacy rate in the country is an embarrassing 24 per cent and the combined female enrolment is 16 per cent. Pakistan has one of the highest dropout rates in the world. This should be enough to shake us up. AQSA SAEED Karachi Khuhwar monuments WITH reference to the piece, Khuhawar monuments (December 28, 2003) the actual meaning of “Warah” is not “cradle”, rather its real meaning in Sindhi is “sandy tract” as is clearly given in the Sindh Local Government Gazetteer by Dr Mohsin Farooqi. SHEIKH JAVED ALI SINDHI Shahdadkot | ||
WITH reference to the article The lost Jinnah (December 21, 2003) I agree with the author who is right and has relevant reasons for the collapse of this nation.|
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