With the reference to the article Inside a beauty salon (July 4), beauty salons are making today’s girls flesh-stars. Whatever be the occasion, nikkah, rukhsati or any other party, makeover is now an essential part of our ladies’ life. Because it can turn a 65-year-old woman into a hot young lass. However, the atmosphere inside the beauty salon is not that hygienic. From ill-mannered attendants to bad equipment, most of the beauty salons don’t care for quality, they are only interested in quantity. But in spite of all of what is going on, our fellow females do go to these salons, again and again and again.
SEEMA MEMON
Sukkur
Public safety is a non-issue
With reference to the article Public safety is a non-issue (July11), it is necessary to take serious measures and create specific rules so that the rate of accidents goes down.
I agree that there should be separate tracks for buses on bridges and timings should be brought in place to restrict the movement of commercial traffic, especially trucks on these bridges so that precious lives are not lost. Parents are always concerned when children leave home for school or even for work. They don’t feel free because of daily accidents. We all wish for organized rules for traffic and demand a peaceful life.
TASI AZEEM
Karachi
Defending sensitive people
With reference to the article, Defending sensitive people (July 18), I strongly agree with the writer. Sensitive people are indeed rare; they are like mutant genes, unusually distinctive. They would cry for a beggar in rags, would become euphoric by the scent of freshly drizzled earth. In short they feel what others don’t.
Their sensuousness and imagination know no bounds, that is why they ‘create’. Thus every painter, writer, artist and poet, to a higher or lower degree belongs to this very category. It is true that any coarse gesture from the insensitive lot to the sensitive beings acts as a knife stabbing their flimsy heart and shattering their gossamer like souls. If nurtured with care they can bloom into beautiful flowers.
MADIHA FAIZ KHAN
Quetta
Closing power plants is not prudent
With reference to the lead article, Another nuclear white elephant and the subsequent interview of the Chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Closing down power plants is not prudent (July 25), I would like to ask President Pervez Musharraf, who I think is a very intelligent individual, as to why the power sector is not being given “his” proper attention?
Of course he might disagree with me (and others may agree he has enough problems on his plate), but the ground reality can be reflected by the two articles mentioned above. The power breakdowns, consumers have to suffer, the statements issued by Wapda and KESC chiefs, whose only justification for our suffering is that, “We are short of so much of MW power”.
I would like to ask the two departments just two questions.
Instead of just giving statements, sometimes hollow, if the big wigs of Wapda and KESC have identified that there is a shortfall of a certain amount of MW, then why hasn’t a proper plan been discussed and as yet, implemented on a war footing basis?
Secondly, why are we so slow in reacting to woes of the common man? I wonder why we don’t make things simple. If there is a shortage of electricity, then why aren’t power plants, that are low in running cost, require, require less maintenance and preferably run on gas, being setup? The capacity should be determined keeping in view our population growth.
Mr President has given this nation a vision, no doubt about that. But I wish, his team members would do more than lip service and ensure that visions turn to realities.
