I propose that a picture of Bushra Bibi and her two children with an appropriate caption be placed in all high offices including the Presidency so that our leaders are reminded that poor people in this country have started to commit suicide due to hunger and lack of hope. This incident is a sad reflection of the state of the poor in the country who are being grinded in abject poverty due to massive inflation. Hunger itself can be borne as long as there is hope for betterment. Now it appears that people have started losing hope. On the other hand, the outlandish life style of our political leadership, their expensive bullet-proof cars and their obscene hotel bills during foreign trips - all at tax-payers expense - tell another story. The prime minister has done well to visit the family of Bushra Bibi to offer his condolences. I hope that all will not be forgotten after this and the ruling coalition will take far-reaching measures to bridge the gap between the filthy rich and the desperately poor. -SHABBIR AHMAD, Islamabad, via e-mail, April 17.