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The concept of ‘mahram’
How outsiders look at us WITH reference to the article, How outsiders look at us (June 27), Pakistan still cannot stand alongside front line states of the world. The major hurdles in way of prosperity are poverty, unemployment and illiteracy. Foreign investment too is slow to come because of instability in the financial heart of the country, Karachi. Since investors are not willing to invest heavily in the city, this has resulted in increasing unemployment and subsequently poverty. HERA ZIA Karachi (2) IT is true that the accumulation of wealth by a few has led to the development of an economic rift and there is a need for governing bodies to look into the matter. However, I would like to point out that our country needs overseas Pakistanis to come back and contribute to the well being of their native land. We need their professional support and guidance. Some of the Pakistanis who are working abroad and serving other countries can do their country a world of good by putting their capabilities to use for their own countrymen. It’s a fact that they haven’t done much for the country where they were born and brought up. Even if the conditions here do not suit them, they should at least try and encourage changes on their own. This a debt that they owe to their own people. SAMRAH ZAIGHAM Karachi Another one bites the dust WITH reference to the article Another one bites the dust (July 4), I would like to say that for a person who got his chance through obsequiousness, perhaps it was the most apt way of sending him out. DR MANSOOR HASSAN SHAIKH Larkana Of agents and passports WITH reference to the article Of agents and passports (July 4), undue delay in the process and the humiliating behaviour of officials force people to approach agents as officials do not indulge in direct corruption to save their skins. To acquire a new passport has never been an easy task for a legitimate applicant. Recently my friend tried several times to get a new passport, but he kept on running from pillar to post to get the job done. At last he approached an agent who took Rs10,500 to do the job. Seven days later he had a new passport in his hands. On June 26, Nadra’s Director-General announced that passports in future could be acquired by simply submitting the applicant’s CNIC. I hope that is not a mere statement. ZAKI ALAM Karachi | ||
WITH reference to The concept of ‘mahram’ (June 20), the author has not mentioned the source of the hadith he quoted, “a woman is not allowed to undertake a journey involving three days or 98-kilometres without her husband or a mahram”.|
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