From: <PAKSARZAMEEN1@aol.com>
To: <defjrnl@cyber.net.pk>
Subject: (no subject)
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 5:36 AM

Dear Editor,

Through your esteemed magazine, I would like to get attention of higher authorities.
I hope you will publish this request, which is the only way to reach them.

Thanks.

Chief Executive
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

I would like to bring a matter to your immediate attention. Recently, I saw a poster published here in New York regarding a live show ‘Bollywood Awards” As the name tells it is a show of Indian film industry.

One of the Pakistani actress Reema also performing in the show. A few months back, I witnessed one of her performance in the USA, it was so embarrassing that I have decided, I will never take my family to any Pakistani Show in the future. The complete show was full of adult jokes, vulgar dances, and songs.

Specially, Reema’s dance was so much degrading that I had to leave the show along with my two teen age daughters, who later asked me that this is Pakistani Culture. In the beginning of the show, it was announced that these shows help in promoting Pakistani culture and traditions.  I am sure Reema will be performing once again the same dances from an Indian platform, which will bring a bad name to our country.  I would like to find out, is there any authority in Pakistan who gives permission to our artists to perform in Indian shows. Bollywood Award is purely an Indian affair. I don’t see participation of Pakistani Artists in it. Therefore, there must be a check on such performance act.

GOD BLESS PAKISTAN.

KARIM SADIQ
New Jersey.

From: “balti” <balti@super.net.pk>
To: “Defence Journal” <defjrnl@pathfinder.com.pk>
Subject: WATER CRISES
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2001 4:08 PM

Letters to Editor.

The glacier reservoir

Sir,

There are over forty living glaciers in Karakouram range which can provide enough water for Pakistan and avert an impending crisis due to the failure of rains in our area. As the government is planning Oil Spillage Contingency Plan for our Sea waters, it should have thought about planning water contingency plan well in time.

All these measures require sincerity of purpose and imagination of the rulers bereft of their planning how to perpetuate their hold on power. Had our rulers planned to utilize the glaciers they would not have to cry for water today. Water is the essential requirement of existence and should attract the attention of the powers that be on top priority basis. So far as it goes for the rivers, we have been crying hoarse in these columns about the desalination of SeaWater for human consumption, as is being done in other cities of the world.

Stop all annual development and political plans and for that matter any programme to provide water to 140 million people of Pakistan on permanent basis.

Yours etc.,

Ali Ashraf Khan
93/2, 13th Street,
DHA, Karachi / Pakistan
Tel: 2430667

March 16th, 2001