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Society to be blamed
This is with reference to Noha Ejaz’s article “Parents should be punished when the child goes wrong”, (YW, February 11). I feel that we can’t blame the parents alone because they aren’t with the child everywhere. Half of the child’s day is spent at school and with friends. Friends have a great influence over a child; they play a vital role in his misdoings or good manners.. But parents should keep an eye on their children and should know where and with whom their child is spending his time.
So at the end I would like to say that the whole society has its part in raising a child, it isn’t just the parents who should be blamed for a child’s bad behaviour.
Khalida Brohi,
16 years, Karachi
Maintenance of roads
The condition of roads in Pakistan is alarming; and the situation is the same throughout the country. Even in cities like Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi the condition of roads is pathetic. Most have craters in them, which trap water. Such roads pose a problem for people to move from place to place.
It has been observed that once a road is made it is not maintained. The department responsible for the maintenance of roads does not care about the problem it causes.
Roads are the most important assets of a country as they are the main source of connectivity. If transportation is good then trade will increase and when the trade of a country increases the country develops and prospers.
It is my request to the department responsible for the maintenance of roads to please wake up and do something to reduce the misery of the people.
Hafsah Sarfraz,
Sialkot
No is the right answer
A three-year-old girl, going with her family on a motor bike, eyes filled with childlike dreams… and then everything goes gloomy… A teenager hanging out with friends… laughing… chatting... unaware of his ultimate end…
All the above incidents are not just tales. This is reality, a horrific reality. And the cause of this dreadful reality these days is BASANT. Basant is celebrated all over Pakistan with intense enthusiasm. But sometimes the frenzy kills innocent people. The razor-sharp ‘Dor’ (kite flying strings) is separating people from their loved ones.
As February ended and March turned in we saw the sky filled with colourful kites. While these colours were spreading, some people’s lives faded. On March 1, a Lesco lineman, Javed Iqbal, was electrocuted when a metal wire used for kite flying short-circuited. Isn’t it a pathetic situation which could have been avoided?
Besides, incidents of the suspension of electricity supply went up causing damage to domestic and commercial electric appliances. Over all Basant brings sorrows rather than bringing joy. Despite the re-imposition of the ban on kite flying by the Supreme Court people flew kites on Basant. I can just say that we should all firmly join hands against it and try to avoid celebrating this life taking festival.
Sana Khawar,
Lahore
Government schools
My letter is to reveal the condition of government schools. These schools are meant to reduce the rate of illiteracy in the country but the fact remains that the schools are not giving standard education and the students studying there are ill-treated. They are punished severely if they are unable to complete their homework or are late for school.
I was told by a student of a government school that an eight-year-old boy was beaten so badly at their school that he started bleeding, his clothes got stained too, then his shirt was taken off and washed so that his parents would not know and he was told not to tell his parents about this incident. The government should take appropriate measures to better the conditions of these schools so that the poor are not deprived of their only access to education.
Yasra Yafeez,
14 years, Karachi
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