This refers to your report ‘Man who drew Punjab IT roadmap gets his reward: jail’ IE, February 13. It is a disgrace that a techno-savvy officer wanting to do good to society should be held in judicial custody in a jail! Shame on Punjab. Pirzada should be released forthwith and a full investigation launched to nail the corrupt politician who put him in jail.

— Ram On e-mail

Bush-Mush axis

8226; Musharraf is a great tactician. He has silenced A.Q. Khan on the issue of Musharraf’s deep involvement in clandestine nuke sales to Libya, Iran and North Korea. Bush is making heavy weather of N. Korea’s efforts to make nuclear devices. With this, Bush is trying to show to the world how greatly he is concerned with nuclear proliferation.
There is no panic in Pakistan over Bush’s statement. Pakistanis know that even this storm will die down soon. Musharraf may be keeping Osama bin Laden in a safe place in Pakistan to ensure he continues to gets US support. The greatest danger to the world today is the Bush-Mush axis of evil.

— Arun Ogale On e-mail

Degrees of farce

— Sriharsha On e-mail

Costly circus

Now we have a yet bigger circus with hundreds of crores being washed down by the Sahara family in which even the PM joined in.
— A.P.S. Chauhan On e-mail

Life and death

I appeal to the government not to destroy these institutes.