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?
We are getting some great comments. “Enemy within”, “What majority wants”, “wish not separated from India”, “wipeout talibans”…. can we have little more courage and say
“Is their any fundamental problem with the doctrine of theology on which Pak society is based – itself?”
I dont see much the same in other Muslim countries except in Pakistan. Mix the male chavenism, greed, hatered, sex deprevation, false notion of honor, inner demons and sugarcoat it with the doctrine which no one dares to question, you get the mess that we have today.
Separating the two is not easy as people are too busy to save the skin. Even CJ want to get the floggers of poor swat girl in court but would not dare to question govt why the rule of law was handed over to Shariah/Maulvi courts. You appease them in Swat and raise the fruit in Jinnah Super. The cozy Zardari need to show leadership. Act and act now.
Adil, As I have said before, this is the State of Pakistan at war with an enemy that is not going to stop at anything. Peshawar is already lost, now they are turning their guns to other major cities. In this atmosphere of political reconciliation that is there atleast for now, let’s just come together on one point. If there is any challenge threatening Pakistan today, it it this menace of the Taliban. All our other problems dwarf in comparison. Unless we tackle this threat head on, we risk losing our streets, our values, our culture, and our children.
Down at the core, Pakistanis are wonderful people – generous, hard working, God fearing, peace loving. Who then dares to say that we need this oppressive band of thugs telling us what to do with our lives? Why then are we so ambivalent in coming together and calling this what it is? Why is the government so quiet in not declaring war against this enemy? It is time for the whole country to wake up because we are quickly running out of time.
Let’s also be clear about the drone attacks. They are hitting the enemy where it hurts. Let’s not call these “attacks on Pakistanis”. We don’t know who these people are. They may be inside Pakistani borders, but they are enemies of the state now causing damage on both sides of the border. If they don’t want to give us peace, we won’t give them peace.
THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF PAKISTAN.
To hell with these people.
ALL PAKISTANIS MUST STAND AGAINST OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE.
WE MUST FIGHT BACK!
As Zachetti suggests IT IS TIME TO LAUNCH FULL WAR AGAINST MULLAHS AND TALIBANS AND JIHADIS. Zacehtti is right, we should get out of War on Terror and focus all efforts on killing off these Jihadis who are killing us through suicide bombs.
I agree with zakintosh. Maority adores talibans as heroes, the freedom fighters, the people with guidance. In fact, look at our media! It still portrays them as heroes. No outright rejection of terrorists brutalities by the media. Frankly speaking, journalists like Hamid Mir interpret these attacks simply as reaction to US poicies in the region; as if terrorists have no normative baggage, no epistemology, no ideology.
True, what Gen Zia sowed, we are reaping it now. But what can be done to curb this mounting and relentless extremism?