Minister's empty threats
-letter2
I partially agree with my friend Gul Jee,
especially regarding the attitude of authorities in reference to the
Mastuj bridge collapse. His point is valid up to some extent. In
principal a temporary bridge was supposed to be built there to keep life
going so the contractor could have taken his time to build the regular
bridge following the standards, Unfortunately there is no culture like
that in Pakistan and specially in Chitral. It is in our knowledge that
the said bridge when collapsed the first time, there was a warning
posted to offload vehicles crossing the bridge. When the second accident
occurred, the bridge was under construction, and crossing the bridge
with load was strictly prohibited with a sign in Urdu language.
Every one has to show responsibility, every one has to play their part
in the development of nation. Saleem khan or other elected
representative will never take serious action against contractors,
because usually they are the guarantors of politicians success in the
subsequent
elections. It was neither Bermuda nor dragon triangle as titled by
another writer on this topic, nor was it the sole responsibility of the
contractor, nor we can put the whole garbage on the head of concerned
department.
It is the fault of the system, attitude of
us and our people. If there was fund allocated for temporary bridge, if
any system existed to calculate life of an infrastructure, if the people
had followed the sign on either side of the bridge, If izatmaan
khawateen/hazaraat were not there among passengers to give threat to
chawkidar or even to police man, if our driver bros had used little bit
of their brains, not leaving it to mere 'tawakal', most probably our
brothers from Mastuj and Gilgit would have been among us today.
The famous Chitrali proverb is appropriate
to use in this kind of situation “ When we raise one finger pointing
towards others, four fingers will be pointing towards ourselves. Until
the current political system is there, until we commit violations of
laws, unless social discrimination is there, nothing is going to
improve. Keep surviving on 'tawakal'
Dr Khalil (Jughooru)
Ontario, Canada,
01 Oct 09
Minister's empty threats
-letter
This is with reference to provincial minister
Saleem Khan's artificial warning to the Heads of various departments of
Chitral last week in a meeting at the the governor cottage, regarding
progress and development of different projects in Chitral.
Mr Khan is a simple and honest Chitrali person. He doesn't know the
hidden kinks and tricks of the bureaucracy. Unfortunately, in my beloved
country (Pakistan), 80% of the people within this community are morally
uneducated, characterless, disbelievers, morally blinded and deaf. In
the Constitution of Humanity (Holy Qu'ran), Allah says: "they are deaf,
dumb and blind so they return not (to the right path)" (Al-Baqara: 18).
This Holy Surat truly points out that those kind of people who are
appointed for the well being of others and are being paid huge amounts,
are on the contrary, involved in huge scale bribery and are making black
money from different sources.
As an example, a month ago, in Mastuj, three innocent lives were lost
due to the collapse of a bridge. This bridge collapsed twice within a
month; how shocking! Who is responsible? Where did all the money which
was paid for making a strong bridge go? Who used cheap material to
construct the bridge? Where were the all the responsible officials. Who
was the contractor of this project?
If Mr Saleem Khan means business with his warning, he should come
forward and handcuff the responsible officials and the contractor who
committed such a heinous crime only then will the people of Chitral and
families of the deceased take him seriously and be proud of him.
Gul jee
Richmond Hill, ON, CA
30 Sep 09.
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