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Sold graveyard taken to court
The infamous but heavily concerned development eventually has been
tabled before the Civil court of Drosh. The hapless locals of
Kalkatak, led by young lawyer Ihasanuddin Advocate, whose graveyard
was sold out by a fellow native to a non-resident buyer, now seek
the court’s help and succeeded to get the apex court issue stay on
the matter.
Ex-MPA Molana Abdurehman has released funds for the said graveyard
on public demand which later on fell into the lap of a one local
activist of JUI, and was reportedly sold out to a Pathan
causing a great public resentment. The affected people of the
Kalkatak knocked on every door but found no response which
compelled them to sue.
Civil court of Drosh while accepting the plea has stopped further
proceeding of the deal between buyer and seller.
Fakhruddin
Village Kalkatak
Drosh, Chitral
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Energy Problem
Dear Sir,
THE KESC and IPPS are constantly claiming that government
departments have yet to clear their huge electricity bills.
They are saying that if they receive their dues, there will be no
problem of cash flow, with the result there will be no problem of
power flow. How come, because they will be in a position to enhance
their production and they may bring it at the full capacity of
their plants. This will be the proper way to solve the power
shortage problem. The prime minister may ask Shauket Tareen who may
inquire about the above issue and settle it down.
The details may be released to media as well, so that the
atmosphere of allegation and counter-allegation is subsided. After
all, they have to see our pocket and we must stop further rise in
the cost of power, which is already unbearable.
One more thing, Mr. prime minister, we struggled a lot for the
condoning of income tax, sales tax and custom duty on the import of
alternative energy items like windmills, solar cells, but some CBR
intellectual has again imposed six per cent duty on solar cells.
Everybody is suffering from power shortage, so it will be nice to
condone all such duties on the import of alternative energy items.
From
Shaikh Manaqib Irtaqa
Karachi.
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CONTAMINATED WATER
Respected Sir,
The contamination of water is modern
technology's curse on this planet. Every third citizen in Pakistan
is forced to drink unsafe water. According to a report published by
WWF, 20-40 percent patients in Pakistan hospitals are suffering
from water-borne diseases, gastro enteritis, typhoid, cholera,
dysentery, hepatitis etc. Also, 250,000 child deaths occur each
year due to water-borne diseases. Health costs due to water
contamination are estimated at Rs 144 billion. 15 out of 45
collected samples of branded bottles of water were found unfit.
This situation is shared by all the major cities.
According to the monitoring programme of the
Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), the water
available in 25 cities of our country is harmful to health. Nearly
40 percent of our population is not getting clean and healthy
drinking water. Water is getting polluted because of agriculture
waste, and poisonous industrial and human waste. It contains many
harmful substances such as arsenic, fluoride, iron, nitrate,
cadmium, sulphate etc.
Water should be purified through enhanced
chlorination to avoid the spread of diseases. Drinking water should
be boiled before use.
These alarming statistics demand that immediate
action be taken to improve the situation. The government should
take charge of fulfilling its basic responsibility of providing
safe drinking water to all.
Thanking You.
Maria Gul
Karachi.
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Suicide bombings
Sir,
I want to draw the attention on increasing number of suicide
bombings. Two suicide attacks occurred at Islamabad international
university. Terrorists giving different threats from two to three
days about this that they will target now universities, schools,
and colleges. Despite of strict security they were succeeded in
their planning. Government is failed to control them. hence their
is no big deal for terrorist to target any place they want even
they can enter in strict security zones where security is high
alert.
These attacks were growing very rapidly in all
over Pakistan. First usually Peshawar is targeted for this but now
Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi also became a target point for
terrorists. Terrorists keep killing people and attacking government
institutions with impunity almost everyday. Conditions are going
worse day by day. Number of lives have been taken by these attacks.
One thing we must notice that after announcing number of
causalities government announces some money of lac or two lacs for
the victims. Infect we knowing all this that this money is less for
their whole families.
How long we all suffer from this even now we are
not safe in educations institutions. How long we suffer from these
type of heinous acts. Now we must take care of ourselves. And
notice all the people around us. If we see any suspicious person
then we must kindly inform police and move from that place. May
Allah save all Pakistanis from these terrorists.
RAFIA ZUBAIR
KARACHI
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Supply of substandard drugs
Sir,
MY cousin, being pregnant was admitted, and delivered through
Cesarean section at Shaikh Zaid Women Hospital, Larkana. She was
not discharged.
The gynecologist reopened her unhealed wound. But the wound did not
heal at all in spite of heavy doses of antibiotics.
We collected samples of antibiotics and knocked at laboratory.
The Drug Testing Laboratory shocked my relatives and confirmed that
the antibiotic suspension contained nothing else but ‘talcum
powder’.
My relatives appealed, cried and persuaded the crime and criminal
drug store, but in vain. After three long years they arrived at a
conclusion that until and unless ‘punishment’ is given by the court
concerned and stern action is taken by government departments this
mafia-like situation would continue to arise and it would engulf
the whole system of public and private hospitals in the region.
Studies and investigations show that the huge wholesale market in
Larkana that supplies medicines from Dadu to Quetta resorts to
different wrong practices. It has produced negative impacts on
human psychology and general behaviour.
About 250 medical stores, being supervised by local authorities,
run there business without all ‘quoted standards’ fixed by the
health department. Approximately 20 per cent of these stores sell
spurious medicines, two per cent of them sell medicines with 50 per
cent profit margin of the original prices.
Another factor must be studied that people having no lawful
permission carry out these wrong practices from Lahore to Larkana.
Thugs in Larkana’s wholesale market, under the influence of thugs
of Lahore, have been selling these substandard drugs subtly and
openly.
I appeal to the higher authorities to take special measures against
such situation in Larkana where ‘dealers of death’ sell substandard
medicines under the labels of ‘life-savings drugs’. Local
authorities should not bargain the precious lives with a few coins
and must adhere to standards.
Moona Hamid
Karachi
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