Just the other day, I read a letter to the editor in a newspaper in which the writer suggested that the historical names of places in Karachi should be restored.

As a starting point, he suggested changing the name of Liaquatabad back to its historical name, Lalukhet. If I had not expected that such a suggestion might trigger an ethnic riot in Karachi, I would have wholeheartedly supported it.

In my view, the historical names of places, roads and monuments should never be changed. If anyone wants to name something in honour of a person who, in his view, has done something good, he should build something new and name it after that person.

I am against changing Bunder Road to MA Jinnah Road, McLeod Road to I Chundrigar Road and Drigh Road to Shahrah-e-Faisal.

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