There seems to be an alarming rate of increase in poverty across the country. I was shocked recently to see a donkey cart owner riding in the posh DHA seeking monetary help from every car that passed him by. There is no dearth of kind-hearted people who are already helping the poor in society by providing food and money, but it is time to come up with some permanent solution, preferebaly on an institutional basis that may be sustainable in the long run.
