Covid-19 and SC order.

Byline: S. Hashmi - Karachi

THIS refers to your editorial 'SC order' (May 20). Decades ago, my group of friends met a young man who proudly proclaimed during the conversation that anything that anyone else can do, he could do it better.

And then, seeking approval, he looked around, but instead found a queer look on our faces, and was terribly disappointed. Although we were youngsters then, we knew that claiming expertise in just about everything is the height of conceit and worse.

It is shocking for me to learn six decades later that the virus which had infected that youngster is still alive and well in our beloved land. What is worse is that it has managed to permeate all strata of our society, not sparing even the highest of our state institutions...