LIBRARY ETIQUETTES: It is saddening to observe the lack of library etiquettes among visitors to various libraries. Readers in and around the libraries should maintain discipline and follow certain rules even if they remain unsaid and unwritten. Most readers fail to keep their silence, ensure cleanliness, and demonstrate discipline. While visiting a local library in search of an environment suited to studying, I witnessed students having active ringtones of mobile phones, scrolling down social media channels, spitting carelessly within the study halls, talking loudly while standing close to the halls’ doors, trolling other students, and, worst of all, deforming and damaging library books. These people neither study themselves nor let others study in peace, which is such a pity.

Mairaj Yousif Mirani
Larkana

TALENT IN LYARI: It is disheartening to see the young talent of Lyari fading away. Football is a popular sport in Lyari, but limited access to facilities, economic challenges and pricey sports equipment stop many talented youngsters from playing at a higher level and emerging as a star. It is time we trained the wonderfully talented youth of Lyari, and, indeed, of Pakistan at large, to help the country take strides in the world of football. The government should pay attention to the matter and provide possible facilities and equipment to the youth of Lyari.

Safiullah Faisal
Sheikhupura

UNACCEPTABLE: I was recently staning in the local market where I watched a policeman parking his car in the middle of a road to fetch something from a nearby store. Naturally, there was a traffic jam within no time. A traffic police constable came to the spot with the intention of issuing a challan to the culprit, but as soon as he knew that the culprit was actually a policeman, he decided to do nothing except having a friendly chat. This was wrong behaviour. The law should be applied uniformly.

Ayesha Mazhar
Abbottabad

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2024