I feel so sad to see the amount of difficulties and obstacles the young people of Pakistan have to face.
KARACHI: This is with reference to your news item headlined “Cathay Pacific to suspend Pakistan flights” (June 18).
I remember the golden days when Pakistan had all the top airlines flying to its cities, and now look at the situation where no one wants to come. The fact is that now any Pakistani who wishes to go to a foreign country must first travel to Dubai, or Doha, or Abu Dhabi, before they can get a decent onward connection.
I am a 72-year-old lady and probably reaching the end of my days on this earth, but I feel so sad to see the amount of difficulties and obstacles the young people of Pakistan have to face. When Pakistanis travel overseas, they are not welcomed but rather scrutinised and made to feel like criminals, and we are considered a no-go country for tourists and visitors. This is the depth to which we have fallen and it is painful to see it all happen during my lifetime.
I don’t blame international airlines for not wanting to come to our country, we have driven away all our friends, and literally ripped our country apart.
Karima Shah
Published in The Express Tribune, June 21st, 2014.
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