Killing girls

This refers to the editorial, ‘Killing girls’ (August 16). The editorial started thus: “Fourteen thousand years ago, with the advent of Islam…”The time in the statement was, inadvertently, stretched quite a bit. It should have said: “Fourteen hundred years ago…”Mazhar A KhanKarachi

By our correspondents
August 20, 2015
This refers to the editorial, ‘Killing girls’ (August 16). The editorial started thus: “Fourteen thousand years ago, with the advent of Islam…”
The time in the statement was, inadvertently, stretched quite a bit. It should have said: “Fourteen hundred years ago…”
Mazhar A Khan
Karachi