OVER A COFFEE : Behaving badly on all fronts — Dr Haider Shah

Certain behaviour patterns make our social norms iconic, which in turn define the state of affairs we are in today 

Problems do not go away by sleeping over them. Especially when the problem is deep rooted militant extremism. Political restraint on dealing with it head on has resulted in its spread all over the country. But behaving badly and imposing our will on others is not exclusive to militant terrorists alone. To varying degrees, most of us use our powers in a very distasteful manner. Certain behaviour patterns make our social norms iconic, which in turn define the state of affairs we are in today.

A few days ago a news story was aired by the electronic media according to which a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MPA, Nighat Shiekh, travelling in an air-conditioned bus, felt so offended by…