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READING CULTURE IS VANISHING
Respected Sir,
Ruskin calls books "the King's treasures"...... filled, not with
gold and silver and precious stones, but with riches much more
valuable; knowledge, noble thoughts and high ideals. Poor indeed is
the man who does not read and empty is his life. Books are the good
companion of a man.
But there is no reading culture in our young generation. The prices
of books are so high that a student or a common man cannot buy
them. To promote reading culture there must be libraries in every
area. But unfortunately, there are internet cafe's, restaurants,
video and audio CD shops in every area but no libraries.
By reading books a person can get an optimistic view of life. He
never feels lonely and depressed. He is never bored and his leisure
time passes in a constructive manner.
Through this letter, I want to draw the attention of concerned
authorities that they should take steps for the promotion of
reading habits by laying the foundation of libraries in different
areas so that people can get benefit of it.
Thanking You.
Maria Gul
Karachi University.
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Child Labor
Sir,
I want to draw the attention on the serious issue of child
labor. Child labor began to considered a human right issue and
became a issue of public dispute, when the foundation of universal
schooling was laid. Childrens are the gift of god they are so
innocent we have seen many of these innocent childrens are involve
in child labour. Generally we see many that parents are doing
working for their childrens and children enjoy their childhood
playing getting education by going to schools and involve in other
recreational activities. However such is not a case with all the
childrens. There were approximately above than 200 million
childrens involve in this act. It is considered illegal by law and
custom.
Many of these childrens come from poor reigns. They are the only
source of income for their family. Social exclusion and
discrimination, result of poverty and ethnic and gender biases are
important factors that keep children out of schools and force them
to work. We see couple of childrens working in indutries, factories
some are involve in selling goods or food items or some of them
supporting their parents business. These innocent childrens were
also want to get education but their financial conditions can allow
them. As Walt Disney said that;
'our greatest natural resource is the minds of our childrens'.
There are industries and individuals, who employee young innocent
children. They put them to work under grueling circumstances. They
make them work for long hours weaving delicate threads to make the
world’s most expensive carpets. They make them work in dangerous
factory units manufacturing fireworks. They make children carry
load even heavier than their own body weight. .
Child labor is a world phenomena which is considered exploitative
and inhuman by many international organizations. Government and
international organizations working for it since many years but
there is no such a result. I hope in future we are able to solve
this problem and completely eradicate this child labor from our
societies.
RAFIA ZUBAIR
KARACHI UNIVERSITY
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