HEALTH HAZARDS: An ineffective sewerage system is the main cause of unhygienic conditions in Karachi. While the whole city is struggling on this count, some areas are struggling more than the rest. Mehmoodabad is one such area where people are forced to live under such conditions. The area is littered with garbage, and overflowing sewers leave the lanes filled with sludge, making life unbearable with stink in the air. Does anyone care about this?

Tooba Farrukh
Karachi

ROAD ACCIDENTS: Balochistan has no dearth of issues affecting the life of the common man one way or the other. While there is precious little that may be done in the case of several of such issues, but the number of fatal road traffic accidents (RTAs) across the province can surely be controlled. Most of the important highways and roads do not have safety barriers installed that may guide or stop an out-of-control vehicle. The National Highway Authority (NHA) must wake up before more lives are lost on Balochistan’s killer roads.

Dr Mustafa Khan Musakhail
Quetta

ATTACK ON EDUCATION: Girls in Pakistan have struggled for years to acquire the right to education. Recently, a girls’ school in Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan was burnt down by miscreants. It is not the first such incident. Unfortunately, girls have been deprived of their fundamental right to education due to various reasons. It is time for society at large to take a firm stand in this regard and promote girls’ education.

Zainab Ali Ahmed
Turbat

MUGGERS ON THE LOOSE: The spike in street crimes in Karachi has triggered a sense of insecurity among the general public. One of our neighbours was shot by muggers after he offered some resistance to them in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. This tragic incident has raised concerns over the worsening law and order situation in the city and has left us completely traumatised. The government should pay attention to the matter, and the police force should definitely improve its performance.

Faheem Ali Soomro
Karachi

Published in Dawn, December 3rd, 2022