THIS is with reference to the editorial ‘Broadsheet judgement’ (Jan 20). The tales of loot, embezzlement, sheer incompetence and squandering of public money are too gruesome to ignore for a lot of people. But, for me, sky has not fallen.

I don’t feel insecure, unsafe or cheated anymore, for these basic human emotions lost their meanings a long time ago for most Pakistanis. It is not how the system and people at the helm of affairs make a fool of us, but it is the ease and convenience with which they do it that bothers me.

This gives rise to a feeling of sheer disappointment more than anything else. Disappointment is settling in as a permanent abode with no hopes for improvement in conduct, systems, processes and accountability.

Those at top of the pyramid, work in connivance with the gatekeepers and get away with everything. We, the ‘ordinary’ citizens, are an easy prey for the elite and this exploitation has been going on for decades, rather since the inception of the country. All I can see is another tunnel after the tunnel.

Ali Ammar
Karachi

Published in Dawn, January 26th, 2021