I agree to some extent with your reader Zarminay Haq in her letter of 3rd January. We should not look so dismal and gloomy over the situation in the country and particularly we should remember good things that are happening around us. But my viewpoint is that the good does not come very often or perhaps has not come at all these past few years. The troubles with our country are: firstly, bad things were never that bad before. Secondly, priorities are totally disarrayed. Pakistan was heavens not so long ago. There was no poverty to the extent it has today. Females were safe on streets. Corruption was within limits. Culprits were caught and even punished. There were safe places for families and kids. Things were under control.
Where is my Pakistan? Arfas, Malalas and some more don’t satisfy me when I hear small infants crying in open, suffering from measles and womenfolk suffering from cold and hunger. Ms Haq, how can I think of pleasant things when I watch them day and night? Ms Haq, if you have any panacea to make me happy, please tell me sooner than soon. We have weird political scene with one Canadian coming in to demand amendments in constitution outside the normal way, and a British national supports him fully and with lousy arguments.
The existing government gets daily orders from Washington what to do and what not to do. I don’t want to mention an unending list of other things when the entire police of Pakistan cannot catch Tauqir Sadiq who has vanished with Rs 80 billion. There is nothing in Pakistan to rejoice. I may sound pessimist but I prefer to be realistic.
