There is a saying sufferings of others are good a news unless we ourselves become a news. Its real meaning have dawn on me only now after reading a letter to editor of a sufferer.
I was born in India. I was a one year kid when crossing blood stream my family brought me to Pakistan in refugee camps. In miserable condition my grand parents and parents started life and today with blessing of ALLAH we are from lower middle class. We are like millions other under these financially hard days are settled in Pakistan and we never treat ourselves as “Mohajirs”. My two brothers after graduation since 1985 never got any jobs thanks of political domicile system etc. My grand parents died remembering and wish to see their old houses left behind in India where they were grown up. Like late Moulana Shah Ahmed Noornai I never liked opening of Indian boarders unless solving the real problems though being a real human being I have full sympathies for divided families.
However my thoughts have recently changed reading a letter to editor on the subject “Expensive Medicines:”. Karachi’s Raza Ali Doosa wrote that he was prescribed Zelmac which costs Rs. 500/- for 10 tablets He is to use total 180 tables in three months. Since out of his reach he arranged through some friend and bought same medicine with same standard and made of same company at Indian Rs. 58.50 per 10 tables which comes to savings of Pak.Rs. 7956/- for 180 tables.
This has all of a sudden change my mind. Any one including myself can meet the same situation. I wish there is some 24 hours quick and easy India visa where people like Raza Doosa could go morning say fro Lahore to Atari Town in Indian, buy the medicine etc and in few hours come back. Now when both countries have opened their hearts this sketchy idea should be considered.