MANAGING TIME: After being part of a university, I have seen students generally having a seriously ‘busy’ life that has little room for studies. The idea of time management seems to have no value in their eyes. Time is a ball in your feet right now; kick it to the goalpost with due skills.

If time goes by, you become the ball, and time kicks you where it hurts.

Asif Ali
Peshawar

DEPRIVED SUBURBS: It is rather unfortunate for those living in suburban areas on the periphery of major cities. Such areas do not see the light of development work, and issues ranging from sewerage to infrastructure remain ignored regardless of who is heading the government at any given point. I live in the suburbs of Sialkot and have to suffer, like everyone else, from a lack of proper road to reach the main city. Such official policies contribute to the rapid pace of urbanisation in the country.

Hassan Naseer
Sialkot

DRUG MENACE: While security forces have set up hundreds of check-posts in Balochistan to deal with any untoward situation, Awaran, Maskhkay and other areas of Makran division are encountering an entirely different sort of security risk in the shape of drugs that are destroying the lives of thousands of people, especially youngsters. The government should place drugs under the human security category, and should come up with plans to eliminate the menace.

Kulsoom Baluch
Awaran

MUGGING SPREE: Much like what we get to hear from Karachi, the residents of Quetta are facing a spike in street crimes, with snatchers and muggers depriving people, especially students, of their mobile phones and cash regardless of time and location. The police force seems to have gone into hibernation, and the criminals have brought life in Quetta to a standstill.

Asmat Baloch
Quetta

Published in Dawn, January 12th, 2023