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THE outgoing year 2022 proved to be one of the turbulent years in the checkered history of the country in terms of political turmoil, economic and financial crises, Constitutional and legal issues, rule of law, unprecedented rains and floods, resurrection of the terrorist threat and challenges on the external front.

YESTERDAY I went to the home of a friend who had lost her father. I sat in silence and let her cry. One of the silliest things I have seen at a funeral is someone going across to the bereaved party, holding his or her hand and telling them not to worry everything will be alright! Everything will be alright? Can you imagine what the grieved person feels when you say the death of a loved one is going to be made alright in the twinkling of an eye?

As country battles a dangerous third wave of Corona Virus, Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah announced that his government would ‘intervene’ to make operational the oxygen plant installed at Pakistan Steel Mill at a cost of Rs1 billion. The CM was responding to suggestions made by doctors who cautioned him about growing shortage of oxygen in hospitals that could paralyse lives of Covid-19 patients.