THIS refers to the report ‘Government bans TLP, to move SC for its dissolution’ (April 16). With the ban in place, and dissolution on the cards, one wonders what will be the fate of the agreement between the government and the banned organisation under which the government had promised that parliament will discuss and decide whether or not the French ambassador should be expelled.

This was the main issue left unresolved between the government and the banned organisation.

Having said that, one must remember that the government is answerable to the people, and not to any specific entity; political or otherwise.

Ikram Alhaq

Karachi

(2)

A PUNJAB Police constable, who was neither a French citizen nor was he a close acquaintance of the French ambassador, got brutally killed by people in the name of their self-professed love for the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him).

The policeman was a Muslim, but was beaten to death by his own brothers in faith. He had no power to do anything except to carry out his duty diligently to save public property from the goons on the streets who were out to disrupt peace and destroy public and private property.

Nobody can justify such brutal attacks and mass destruction in the name of religion. What happened was pure and simple barbarism and hooliganism.

Kashan Khan

Islamabad

(3)

THIS is with reference to the editorial ‘Ban is no answer’ (April 16). The banned outfit, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) website, has a large vote bank and has representation in provincial legislature. It would have been prudent had the government put in place a watertight plan before arresting the leader. Apparently, the government failed to foresee how bad things could go.

Rana Fakhar

Toba Tek Singh

(4)

THE recent protests demonstrated the weakness of the state which failed to protect the livelihoods and lives of its citizens. What good did these protestors do to Islam by blocking roads, pelting stones, burning fires, damaging the livelihood of the common man and killing policemen? Can these protestors justify the pain caused to the patients who could not reach hospitals owing to this violence?

What about hungry children of daily-wage earners who could not have their meals because their families could not earn owing to the closure of cities and markets across the country?

Dr Shakeel ur Rehman Hissam

Peshawar

Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2021