Central Heating system replied on Sunday, December 25, 2011 06:18 AM PST
Central heating is very expensive in monthly bills, per my neighbour who installed it in his house. Depends on the number of rooms where you want the radiators. You do not have to warm your whole house but can use it any room/rooms where you want. Installation is not a huge cost, approx. 3-3.5 lakhs but monthly bills are very high. Gas heaters are more affordable and practical.
Yes, there is gas in most parts of the country. The CNG stations are the problem and they need to be shut down. If people cannot afford petrol, they should use public transport, like in scandinavian countries.
Pakistan is the best place to live in with the most talented people, and the people do not deserve to live in miserable conditions. We just need to think who we elect in the next election, take responsibility for our actions, do our part and start paying taxes.
Atiq Raja may be sitting in a central heated apartment somewhere in the west and trying to blend in locally where ever he is, with ESL classes as a first step, but he would be naive, not to know that he would be looked over with suspicion day in and day out and subject to racial profiling and discrimination. Even obtaining a foreign passport, changing your name to a John Ray, or celebrating Christmas instead of Eid would not resolve that problem.
Although there may be shortage of gas here, but people that have seen and experienced both places, would rather be in their homeland despite some problems, and most do opt for the option of settling back in Pakistan once they have some financial stability or a decent job offer. The ones that are lucky get the chance sooner, and unfortunately the rest keep planning and discussing the option till they live, and unfortunately see their kids / future generation get away from the religion, culture and values right infront of their eyes. At times, they cannot move back because their kids do not want to move back. There are exception, but this is the story of most people overseas. The critics of Pakistan overseas are mostly those people that cannot move back due to either current financial conditions, children/other half do not want to move back becuase they were born there, or unfortunately belonged to a very poor family background in Pakistan, and to them, a central heating/cooling system, a new financed car, a 25-30 years mortgaged house of their own, a bank credit card means success. Once again, we are talking about statistics and not exceptions. |