My home province Sindh is mired in abject poverty and unfortunately so far nothing has been done to lessen this menace from the province.
Former US president Bill Clinton once said that, “Global poverty is a powder keg that could ignite by our indifference.” In response to his warning, I would like to quote French-born American writer Anais Nin in saying: “If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.”
To defeat the violence of poverty in my home province Sindh and elsewhere in rural Pakistan, all of us as members of one human family need to take responsibility for every human being who comes our way. It is our shared responsibility to help build governance systems that encourage accountability and deter corruption by strengthening the rule of law and respect for human dignity. Only when we achieve this solidarity will we build a country of peace. Business men and multinationals who are operating in Sindh province and are minting billions of rupees from its variety of resources including oil and gas, must come forward to play their due role in the alleviation of poverty in Sindh.
HASHIM ABRO
Islamabad
