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MAIL BOX
Chicken — to eat or not to eat?
These days everybody is afraid of the bird flu. Before buying any eatables people check the ingredients to make sure no chicken has be included. People have stopped buying frozen chicken products. Nobody actually knows what bird flu really is?
Bird flu is a form of influenza that kills birds such as chickens and turkeys. Some strains of bird flu can make humans sick as well. The people most at risk are the ones who work near live infected chickens such as in poultry farms, etc. If you stay away from them there is probably no fear for you to be infected because this disease is carried in the bird’s droppings.
Scientists say that chicken cooked on high heat is safe. This has logic because heat kills all viruses. Eggs that are properly cooked are also safe. A major cause for bird flu may be the feed given to the chicken because it is made from dead animals.
Doctors say that it is safe to eat chicken but still I cannot decide whether to eat or not?
Hafsah Sarfraz, Sialkot
Justice
The factors which contribute to the development of Pakistan are decreasing day by day. Nowadays crimes, injustice and conflicts result in an unstable environment which is greatly affecting the citizens of Pakistan. I demand justice to be administered and made available to the poor. Crimes should be suppressed by an iron hand as I too am a citizen of Pakistan and cannot bear to see my country in such a state.
Sidra Jameel Khwaja
Noise pollution
Noise pollution is one of many forms of environmental pollution. Any sound that is unpleasant to the human ear is noise. The loudness of a sound is measured in decibels. Continuous exposure to sound above 65 decibels may damage human hearing.
These days we are exposed to loud noise on a daily basis. For example the heavy traffic makes a noise of above 90 decibels. The ‘Rickshaw’ frequently used for transportation in our cities surpasses all. It produces noise above 100 decibels. Many countries have specified restrictions on items which produces noise above certain decibels.
So, I humbly request the government to do something to alleviate our environmental and health problems.
Zain Qadri, Rawalpindi
Quality education
Some time back I read with interest about high achievers of O’ and A’ Levels in your magazine. Hats off to these brilliant students. Their feat in has once again proved the brilliance of Pakistanis in the field of academics. How unfortunate it is that quality education in this country can be afforded only by the rich. Besides the high fees charged by the university of Cambridge, the children have to rely on private tuitions which are as expensive. It is no wonder that the total expense may run into tens of thousands of rupees. How many in our country can afford such expenses?
Now if someone from a middle class family manages to acquire quality education, where does his future lead? He will soon realize that his grades have no value in Pakistan. This high quality education deserves meagre seven seats in Ned University (the dream place for all the engineering student). Similar is the case of renowned medical colleges where your original marks are reduced 8-10 per cent before considering your eligibility in open merit.
Most of the students who acquire this quality education land into private universities (where one only needs to throw some more money) or manage to get admission abroad. Hardly any of these come back to serve their country.
What do you think now? Wouldn’t it be too much if you expect that after all these stages these guys would think about serving Pakistan on a priority basis? It would not be unfair if they too, move towards greener pastures, instead of turning their country into one.
Syed Zain Hasan, Karachi
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