A SAD INCIDENT: The gruesome murder of Dr Ajmal Sawand in a tribal feud is highly despicable. He was a man of rare qualities of heart and mind. He had done his PhD in artificial intelligence from France, and was leading a happy life there, but returned to Pakistan to serve his own countrymen. He preferred to join an educational institution in Sukkur to contribute to the life of underprivileged students of the backward areas of Sindh by sharing his knowledge of Computer Science with them. Furthermore, he was a scholar and motivational speaker who exhorted his students to work hard and keep up with the rapid pace of change. The murder of this young, charismatic educationist in a tribal feud is most tragic. It is high time Sindh got rid of the lingering curse of feudalism that has ripped apart the very fabric of society. Our people surely deserve better ... much better than what they have right now in the name of life.

Prof Sarwar Pathan
Sukkur

DR A.Q. KHAN HOSPITAL TRUST: It was rather shocking to go through the letter ‘Cry for help from a hero’s daughter’ (Feb 19) by Dr Dina Khan about the affairs prevailing at the Dr A.Q. Khan Hospital Trust which is said to have been illegally taken over by unlawful elements. Sadly, the nation did not give the respect that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan truly deserved in the later stages of his life, and now perhaps it

is doing the same after the hero is no more around. Those at the helm of affairs must look into the matter and allow Dr A.Q. Khan’s daughter to run the hospital trust that was set up by her great father. This is the least we can and should do to protect what the hero set up.

Jawaid Mannan
Karachi

FACTUAL CORRECTION: This refers to the article ‘Two histories of Urdu poetry as seen a century later’ (Feb 27). My grandfather, Maulana Abdus Salam Nadvi, had died in Azamgarh and not in Lucknow as was erroneously mentioned in the said article.

Shehzad Ahmed
Karachi

Published in Dawn, May 1st, 2023