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A vanishing art form
Porters’ plight WITH reference to the article Porters’ Plight (September 26), it is indeed unfortunate that all those high sounding NGOs and development projects in the Northern Areas have failed to address these very critical livelihood issues of the porter community. All NGO workers and government planners have failed to notice the problems faced by the poorest of the poor in the isolated and backward Baltistan. Dr Kenneth’s findings were hair-raising. How come our government, particularly the departments and ministry associated with tourism, is making all kinds of noises about the Golden Jubilee of K2 and Nanga Parbat and can simply ignore the ‘unsung heroes’ of the Karakoram, who have been feeding the country’s tourism with their body and soul? IRUM FATIMA Islamabad Don’t tackle a terrorist WITH reference to the article Don’t tackle a terrorist (September 19), living in a society that bears such heinous crimes and where every victim is just another silent sufferer, fearing a risk to either his job, property, dignity or even his life, it is shocking to witness how the deaths, kidnappings and murders committed each hour disappear from the limelight after surviving as ‘news’ for some periods. We cannot imagine the extent of the pain and agony for all those people who are chosen to be the sufferers of such miseries. It is even more afflicting to those who are devoid of financial support or power/contacts in a country where one without these things can never have his/her voice heard. Fact is that we all are living in a place where even if we do succeed in an attempt to provide justice to these victims of excruciating atrocities, we are more often left to consider the threat to our own lives and future. It is a disgrace to the authorities concerned who discourage those wanting to challenge these immoral deeds of injustice, including both the low and high profile terrorism. In such circumstances it is left to the innocent people to choose between either accepting this inexpugnable and unpredictable so-called ‘law’. Or to later suffer the inevitable consequences with regret over their decision to deny the system running in this country and face the further repercussions that are upsetting and often rather painful. SYED WAQAS HAIDER Karachi Spectacular Athenian results WITH reference to Mustansar Husain Tarar’s column, Spectacular Athenian results (September 12), he has aptly sketched the performance of the Pakistani Olympic squad. I hope the Pakistan Olympic Association has learnt its lessons and is prepared for Beijing, that is still four years away. ATHAR SAEED Rawalpindi | ||
WITH reference to the article, A vanishing art form (September 19), a pehlawan quoted the golden days of the Talpurs when they used to get immense fringe benefits. However, that is the half-truth.|
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