Letters to the Editor (June 2014)

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Screening Test: A Step in the Right Direction

Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has introduced the screening test to be conducetd for CSS 2015. It will prove to be a beneficial initiative. By this step, the talented and rightly deserving candidates will get forward to the CE-2015 written part. The dull candidates are going to be filtered out. This policy on the part of FPSC will also enable the examiners to assess lesser papers but with full concentration.
Abdul Basit Mirbahar
Sukkur

Severe Load-shedding:  Restlessness among Students

Presently, the whole nation is tangled in a crisis of load-shedding. This power crisis has crippled the country socially as well as economically. But, its ultimate victims are the students as their miseries are growing due to power shortage.

First of all, in this hot season, the students cannot study with concentration. The teachers cannot deliver their lectures as they feel much uneasy. Moreover, libraries remain thronged by the students the whole day. As long as the light remains off for hours, the students prefer sitting in parks rather than in library. If, howsoever, they keep on studying in severe heat, then it may cause health hazards as students can become victims of typhoid due to excessive sweating. CSS aspirants have to work harder than others owing to a drastic change in exam pattern. This increasing load-shedding becomes a hurdle in their preparation.
The rulers must tackle this issue at the earliest so that student may study well and make future of Pakistan bright.
Fayaz Jamali
Hyderabad, Sindh

Democracy: The Only Panacea

This refers to an essay published in JWT. I would like to add that the true democracy virtually leads the state to development and progress. The states which do not carry out the most essential domestic function ‘to maintain law and order, to prevent police and agencies from harassing civilians, to protect peaceful economic activities, to provide education and health care ‘ultimately fail.
As societies move from autocratic (centralized) to democratic regime they experience less conflicts.
Munir Ahmed Khan
Quetta

Seasonal Anti-mosquito Sprays

Through the pages of your esteemed magazine, JWT, I want to draw the attention of our government to a very important and alarming issue. The seasonal aerial spray of anti-mosquito, initiated by President Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, was a prudent and laudable decision. It helped curb out the poisonous and environment-polluting flies, mosquitoes etc. to give physical and mental relief to common people. Its cost was affordable and reasonable but in response to a petition filed by the bee-owners association against that spray; the campaign was halted by the government as they thought it was fatal for their bees and thus honey-production. It is a sad reality that till date it has not been restored. I find it hard to understand the logic behind troubling the majority for the sake of a few businessmen.

Most of our countrymen are poor. Most of them being daily-wagers who work hard all the day long to make both ends meet. Their physical and mental rest is limited to nights only and conditioned to power too. But constant load-shedding and biting of mosquitoes add fuel to the fire as their rest goes to dogs.
It is high time the government ordered these sprays again.
Imtiaz Ahmad,
Fazal Abad, Mardan

Balochistan

In Balochistan, the dematerialization claims had been in vogue since the establishment of the new governments at federal and provincial levels. Great expectations have been attached to the present government. But, unfortunately, no breakthrough has been seen yet.
Among all these steps, the most arduous task for the government is to prepare insurgents for holding fruitful talks. But quite evidently, the separatists are not ready to come to terms. The current situation demands that the chaos and anarchy that have now become a menace, must be mitigated. Gruelling problem of illiteracy and fiendish events like extrajudicial killings and abduction for ransom ought to be curbed at the earliest.
Sohail Mandokhel
Omzha zhob

Tests through BPSC

Dr Abdul Malik Baloch announced in his first speech on the floor of the house that all appointments would be made through the Balochistan Public Service Commission. One year has almost passed but no such step has been taken so far. Perhaps, Dr Baloch has forgotten that he gave his word.
Rauf Raz
Turbat

Include Glossaries in Content

I am a regular reader of your magazine, Jahangir’s World Times, and it is very popular among the students of competitive exams. I, too, like it very much, especially the Exam Pack segment. Nevertheless, I earnestly request that in the next edition of JWT, please add and explain important terms like, Nationalism, Balance of Power, Blockade, Embargo, National Power, Buffer Zone. I can assure you that the magazine will gain more popularity.
Waqar Wazir
Bannu, KP