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8/12 Model Town,

Lahore.

M/s Pakistan Times,

Lahore.

Dear Sirs,

I have to complain against late delivery of your ape to me in the morning. The hawker concerned always regrets his inability to be in time, they says that sale procedure is cumbersome at the office counter stage and therefore the Management itself is to blame. Will you, please look into it? Failing to get a satisfactory reply, I am afraid, I will have to switch over to some other Daily.

Yours faithfully.

Dear Sir,

Around 10 a.m. on September 16, when I go off a bus opposite the G.P.O, a middle aged respectable Sindhi, clad in simple white4 clothes, cheerfully approached me, shook hands and then, warmly pressing my right hand with both his hands closed his eyes for a few seconds and enquired of me, Achha Hae! (how do you do)? I was naturally somewhat surprised by this affectionate treatment form a stranger. I had not experienced anything like this during my three day’s stay in Karachi. On inquiry, he told me hat his son was fighting on the Kashmir front; he wished “victorious joy” for one, and all the jawans fighting for the motherland. We should indeed thank India for having served us in many ways through her invasion, one of which is that crude and selfish slogans like Sind for Sindhi and Punjab for Punjabi-speaking have suddenly vanished. “Pakistan for Pakistanis” is our only slogan now. It is high time o give, once again, a practical shape to the noble words uttered in the days of our patriotic leaders: “Who lives if Pakistan dies; who dies if Pakistan lives?”

Yours faithfully.

Dear Sir,

In modern time bureaucracy has acquired many forms. When any responsive or say responsible, Government finds that the people can’t do something well, it steps in and does it worse. Anyway it does it, that’s a the chief thing. A Brooklyn citizen the other day voiced and odd kind of protest against an obviously responsive local authority. It seems New York city recently appropriated $675.000 for 5000 trees, or about $135 at tree: and the citizen wailed: “I had a tree planted for & 35 in front of my house. Why does it cost the city $100 more? The poor Ignormus does not know the was of a bureaucrat, obviously: else the would have instantly understood a tree costs much more when bought or acquired by a government authority than when planted by a private individual. The prosscess is by no means simple. Estimates have to be called for. Tenders have to be invited, decisions on them taken, paper work and files field: and all the time the bills keep going up. Time as everyone knows, is a kind of money and since every official uses plenty of it the final bill will have little resemblance to the estimate. This is far from being unusual. Local authories sometimes build owner fiats in this country which cost twice as much as when others try their hand at it. Some time back some nine tons of an item of naval stores were bought at Rs.26.320 a ton: later it was found the market price was Rs.720 a ton. A timber seasoning kiln was built once at a cost of Rs.296.000: it took seven years to build, and then it was abandoned. A donkey was recently in the news as having been retained at a cost of Rs.60,000. These things happen a tree sprouts and grows, puts forth many leaves and branches out in various directions. One has to pay for it all. Incidentally these are the fruits of bureaucracy!

Yours faithfully.

Dear Sir,

Rumours spreading all over suggest that share prices of the National Rubber Co. are likely to touch a new low at Rs.500. I shall be obliged if you purchase five shares on my behalf at Rs.500 or below. As I would not like to take undue risk and also keep a margin of safety, I would not go beyond Rs.500/-

Yours faithfully,

Dear Sir,

We are pleased to state that we have been able to obtain five shares on your behalf in the National Rubber Co. as instructed by you. On account o an unprecedented slump in the market, we were fortunately able to purchase these shares at Rs.440 allowing for a brokerage at Rs.1 per share, you will observe that the balance due to us in Rs.2240/4.We are enclosing herewith he necessary transfer form which please fill in and return to us so that the new certificates may be got prepared. The exchange quotation is likely to grow firmer from next week onward, and there is every possibility that your holding will appreciate in value.

Yours faithfully,

Der Reader,

I want poor people who can walk the world around, not the rich who cannot walk a mile without a car. I want people who are both physically and mentally rich poor not those who are physically erich but physically poor. I want people who have nothing yet have all, and having all yet have nothing; who are masters and not menials of their possessions, who possesses wealth, not wealth possesses them, and who are not possessed of wealth.

Yours faithfully,

Author.

Dear Sir,

I regret to draw you attention to the inconvenience caused to us by the parking of trucks in the lane situated between post office and Market Road. In all probability this use of the narrow lane has not had your sanction and it is possible that the operator adopted this practice to avoid the convenience caused by driving to the front entrance of the shop , where though sample facilities for parking are available there is every likelihood of a challan. Besides the operator feel no qualms in loading and unloading beyond the shop hors and even on the weekly holiday also. A further point I must raise is the discourtesy shown by the operator to the residents of this lane who venture to protest against this practice. He showed utter lack of any sign of civic sense. I would therefore request you to send your Inspector to examine our complaint and the merit of this case.

Yours faithfully,