Adil Najam
UPDATE: April 5: More Pakistani Muslims – this time 30 in Chakwal – were martyred today by the enemies of Pakistan. Here are details from The News:
At least 24 persons died and 35 were injured at the Imambargah suicide bombing here. One killer blew himself up with explosives during annual Majlis Aza being held at the Imambargah located in the centre of the town at Mohala Sarpak of City police station area. The blast ripped apart the bodies of the faithful at the Imambargah, leaving a horrific scene of scattered body parts and blood all around the incident site.
Eyewitnesses said that following a Majlis, the faithful had crowded the main gate of the Imambargah, while those entering into the Imambargah were being frisked, when a youth 16/17 year old during checking blew himself up, which resulted in on the spot death of 20 persons, while the other four succumbed to their injuries in hospital. Four children were also included among the dead, they said. The bodies and the injured were shifted to the Chakwal District Headquarter Hospital, while some injured were sent to Rawalpindi.
Ambulances from Rawalpindi and Jhelum reached the scene of incident and stated relief operations. High police officials, DCO and heavy contingents of police also arrived following the blast. The police besieging the area have collected the evidences. Several vehicles were also damaged in the blast. Large number of people had thronged the hospital for finding out the welfare of their relatives, while the town remains drowned in an environment of mourning.
Six more Pakistanis were killed today by the enemies of Pakistan in a suicide attack in F-7 Islamabad. According to The News:
Six security men were killed and several others injured in a suicide blast near check post of Frontier Corps (FC) in Sector F-7/3 Margala Road, Islamabad on Saturday, Geo News reported. SSP Tahir Alam said security men were taking dinner when the attacker entered the check post and blew himself up, killing six of the security men and injuring several others. He denied any exchange of fire, saying the security men fired in the air to scare away any other attackers. Police has cordoned off the area. The injured have been brought to Poly Clinic Hospital. The incident has set off panic among area residents.
This is just more in the ongoing war on Pakistan by the enemies of Pakistan. Mosques are targeted in Jamrud, little girls are flogged in Swat, attacks are conducted in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar and everywhere in between, political leaders are assassinated in Karachi, everyday and everywhere the enemy is within us and killing us in every way. It does not help that our so-called friends are also bombing and killing Pakistanis.
But why, oh why, are too many are still reluctant to call these suicide bombing murderers what they are. How may Pakistanis must they kill off before Pakistanis recognize the face of the enemies of Pakistan?
Today, April 4, former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was killed by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq. The killing has not stopped ever since. It is not that there was not killing before that. Even Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was himself no angel. But the demons unleashed by the this and other actions of Zia-ul-Haq continue to grow in size and sway over society. What will it take to push these demons back?
i m so sick of being labelled a kafir any time i criticise the barbarity of the religous fundamentalists,we all must remember it’s not just the taliban but hundreds of other religous fundamentalists organizations who preach intolerance and subjugation of women in pakistan and i’ve heard a lot of women supporting these beliefs because the media has been afraid of calling these savage and barbaric people as being on the bad side.just saying “we condemn” is hogwash,when is a tv anchor going to say these islamic fundamentalists r the enemies of humanity and civilization instead of throwing around conspiracy theories to deflect attention away from these barbarians.i am stupified that after killing thousands of r countrymen the majority of our public still supports these barbarians as the “defenders of islam” wake up ppl these barbarians want to take us back to the dark ages.at least start calling a spade a spade and stop making excuses for them just because they claim to be fighting for islam.
The reason you cannot defeat this enemy is that so many in society from media onwards make excuses for them by using silly arguments like hidden hand, outside agents, etc.
There is nothing hidden here. These are cold blooded killers and murderers and enemy of all decency and humanity.
Dr. Najam, you are exactly right. This whole fitna is the product of Zia ul Haq.
I am not a fan of Zulfqar Bhutto myself, but certainly his murder was one of the lowest points in Pakistan’s history.
Anwer, if I were you, I would bow my head in shame at that comment. The gall with which you are suggesting that someone who was brutally murdered by the Taliban actually willfully supported them is outright disgusting. This reaction of yours is sadly typical of the blame-the-victim mentality.
I agree that we have to begin by rooting out all the madrassas. In Islamabad they are at every turn and it is from here that the sermons of hate and these suicide bombers are coming.