Lip service

This is regarding a recent statement by a senior government office-holder to the effect that “millions are held back from learning and living a life of dignity and empowerment”. The person concerned shied away from pointing out the reasons behind such a failure. The public-sector education and health mechanisms in rural areas, where those ‘millions’ live, require immediate and serious attention of the government itself. Officials would do well to go beyond paying lip service to social issues.

RAZAK LATIF

KARACHI