Comments on: Feeding the bomb, starving the nation

By: hassan ali

hassan ali — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:40:25 +0000

i m totally agree with Mr.Murtaza that our elites and military is no care for poor nation of this country,they are in the race of nuclear weapons and spend billion of dollars on lethal weapon and their maintaning,while million of pakistanis are dieing due to scarcity of food,they have no shelter and clothes to wear.Our politicians are also doing the same they only care for their bank accounts no matter how many to secrifice.So its time for the revolution remove these corrupt politicians and bearucracy so that honest people will come farward and led they nation.

By: Abdul Muqtadir

Abdul Muqtadir — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:07:41 +0000

Excellent article. The auther should have thrown light on the wasted budget on large expenses on conventional army of Pakistan. It is true that the bomb has costed and is still costing a lot of money. However this should have been offsetted by reducing the large number of conventional armed forces, their luxuries, perks and purchase of arms. Unfortunately the army budget is extermly high for the poor nation.

By: ARJ

ARJ — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:27:08 +0000

Poverty is wretched. And worse are those who exploit ignorance in poverty to drive their visionary goals including the Bomb.

By: zaki babar

zaki babar — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:08:04 +0000

The bomb has created a bomb crater in the minds of the few and in the stomachs of the multitude and the things would continue the way they are, inshallah ,unless we give sanity a chance to prevail.Great eye opening article.

By: N.G. Krishnan

N.G. Krishnan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:09:19 +0000

Author assumes money saved from military hardware can be utilized for other noble work. I do wish life work with logic. It does not work that way. Money that is saved from the bomb will more often than not end up getting salted away in overseas tax heavens. Neither it will be bomb nor people welfare. Poor will continue to be in their miserable lowly status. The redemption of dispossessed from poverty is possible only if they are liberated from the clutches of superstitious religious dogmas, acquire scientific temper and develop a questioning mind. It is an awesome task but there no way but to make a start.

By: N.G. Krishnan

N.G. Krishnan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:48:26 +0000

“work and money is not available”? Many cities in India have a real problem of getting people for employment. Many a hotels have been converted to self-service mode due paucity of labour. Willing can always find work, may be underemployment. Talk to a small and medium scale industrialist about their difficulty in getting educated and or skilled workers, they will tell you their woes. Many of them get the worker from north east and Orissa and provide them accommodation and food to overcome workers shortage. Yes, some people do beg to sustenance but otherwise it is an organized racket little to do with poverty.

By: Gamer Wamer

Gamer Wamer — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:20:49 +0000

You can make false promises and the poor will believe you and vote for you. That is why the "masses" and the "common men" must always remain poor. Only then the rich and the powerful can rule. That is why politicians are like professional wrestlers…opponents in public and friends in private.

By: jagjit sidhoo

jagjit sidhoo — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:28:25 +0000

We have rich govts & armies who keep telling the poor to be ready to fight the enemy .There is no enemy he only exists in the minds of the ruling elite .

By: Ismail

Ismail — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:32:07 +0000

Good article, though. As usual, cannot finish up your article in one go-too long for me.
Population growth is perhaps Pakistan’s most imminent worry. In 1960, the population was about 48 million; in 1980 it was 84 million; in 2000 it was 138 million and today’s estimate is over 170 million. There are more people in Pakistan than in Russia. I fear that famine my strike, as it has in Niger, where people are starving to death every day.
Ismail, Seattle

By: baldtree

baldtree — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:37:46 +0000

A timely article, should be cause for introspection among Indians too. Poverty is inexcusable for any nation esp a democracy like India