MORE RED BUSES: The People’s Bus Service (PBS) is a ground-breaking initiative. However, the insufficient number of buses is spoiling the fun as there are not enough buses to cater to the ever-increasing population of Karachi. During peak hours, and sometimes even during off-peak hours, the buses are crammed with passengers, making comfortable travel impossible. The government should increase the number of buses to meet the growing demand of the population.

Muhammad Azeem
Karachi

STUDENTS WITHOUT BOOKS: The shortage of textbooks in government schools of Balochistan is worrisome. Students are unable to study due to lack of textbooks, and many of them have lost interest in their studies. These students belong to households of humble backgrounds and cannot afford to purchase books on their own. The government should resolve the issue on an urgent basis.

Bakhtawar Nazeer
Turbat

SOLAR PARKS: The Bhadla Solar Park is a solar power plant located in a desert in India’s Rajasthan area. It covers an area of 56 square kilometres and has a total installed capacity of 2,245 megawatts, making it one of the largest solar parks in the world. I wonder why the government has not built such solar parks in our desert areas to provide cheaper renewable energy to the masses. Proper homework must be carried out before the installation of solar parks in the country.

Mumraiz Khan
Karachi

ZIONISM AT ITS WORST: The International Criminal Court (ICC) must issue an arrest warrant for the Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his abettors for the unimaginable war crimes in Gaza and West Bank. Netanyahu clearly outper- formed Ariel Sharon, the butcher of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in 1983, as a bloodthirsty mass murderer. Zionism is the main cause of the increasing death toll in Palestine.

Faisal Habib
Karachi

Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2023