Bara markets and govt
This is apropos the news
item "No plan to close down Bara markets: Dar" (May 14). According to
the minister, the government is helpless before sellers of smuggled goods and
cannot take any action against shopkeepers of Bara markets like Karkhano Bazaar
in Peshawer. May I remind him that the Quaid at the time of independence said
that the first duty of every government is to maintain law and order. If this
government cannot arrest people indulging in smuggling and selling smuggled
goods, how will it be able to contain terrorism? How will it recover taxes from
those who refuse to get themselves registered with the income tax and sales tax
departments? Since this government is so weak that it cannot enforce its
writ, it should step down immediately and its ministers should not be allowed
to contest future elections.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
Printed in DAWN, May 16,
2015
http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=16_05_2015_009_008
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