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Our fault too!
This is with reference to Najda Shaikh’s letter in YW July 24. I would like to say that just blaming the government about the increase of air pollution is wrong. I would like to tell her that banning the rickshaw’s would wreak havoc as many middle class people who don’t possess cars make use of this mode to commute. The government should fine the rickshaw owners who don’t have a proper silencer.
As far the cutting of trees for making parks is concerned, I think that it should be initiated so that children get a proper place to play, as playing on the streets would cause accidents. The people who build these parks should make sure that they plant more trees than they cut down to build parks. The government should make sure that they do so. We should also do something ourselves and must not blame the government for everything that happens in our country.
It is true that until the government takes proper steps to ensure safety of the public nothing can happen, but we as citizens of Pakistan should help them out rather than blame them.
Hussain Mazhar, Karachi
A need for betterment
I would like to draw the attention of educational sectors towards our college educational system.
Admissions in government colleges (which constitute over 80 per cent of our colleges) are given on the basis of merit and the merit list also varies from one college to another. In this way the so called brain of Karachi goes to the limited top colleges and they rightly do so because the F.Sc results depend a lot on the name of the college. These top colleges are mostly located close to each other, because of that a majority of the students have to travel a long way to and from college.
Besides this, teachers encourage the students to take private tuitions from them which has given rise to the tuition culture. Although the government has increased the attendance rate, this has only made the matters worse for students who now have to first go to their colleges and then take tuition. The attendance rate condition has not had any effect on the teachers. This is the reason that our youth are only stuck with their text books and cannot manage time for other healthy activities. So, I wish that the concerned education sectors take notice of this situation and either ban tuitions or reduce the attendance percentage of our colleges.
Muhammad Sarim
The number of students opting for O’Levels is increasing everyday. I think this is an alarming situation for the education ministry. By paying huge sums of money to the Cambridge University for the O’Level exams, we are not only rejecting our local system of education but are also dividing the society into two groups; the other being matric students.
The education ministry should take note of this trend and enhance the standards of the matriculation system in such a way that it should test a student’s understanding and knowledge. This way lesser number of students would opt for foreign degrees and the country’s resources would be better utilized here.
Kamal Khan Virk
Beggary
Beggars are a curse to society. We encourage them to become parasites by giving alms to them; thus they are increasing day by day. Due to this they have become a burden not only on our society but on our country, too. I would like to ask the government to take stringent measures to discourage this practice. The government should give them special scholarships from the Zakat fund. Houses should be provided to beggars to give them a place to live. Training centres should be established to give them some vocational training so that they are able to earn a decent living. Moreover, workshops on such social evils should be conducted to create awareness among people.
Only after we have got rid of this menace will Pakistan be recognized as a true welfare state.
Asadullah
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