THIS is with reference to a news ticker I saw on April 12 about the government making non-functional airports of Chitral and other cities operational.

I would be glad if the Hyderabad airport could also be made functional, as a vast number of people from Sindh will benefit from it.

If someone from Hyderabad wants to travel to Sukkur or Islamabad, he first has to reach Karachi airport. This wastes a lot of time and energy.

As a result, the public, businessmen and officials face great difficulty in reaching their destination in the shortest possible time.

They miss scheduled meetings.

Asif Ali Shaikh
Karachi

Published in Dawn, April 15th, 2019

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