Lately no news coming out of Pakistan seem to be good news. This afternoon I started writing about Benazir’s return in lighter words focusing on hilarious statements coming out of our politicians on her return and then this horrific news of scores of people dead started coming in. My lighter mood vanished totally and now I am left wihout words and more questions like, Why? Who? what now? etc.
The headline news on CNN reads as follows right now:
An explosion near the motorcade of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 110 people and injured 200 more, officials say. Bhutto, returning after years in exile, reportedly was unhurt.
While we are glad that she remained safe, our sincere prayers are with those innocents who lost their lives.
zabt laazim hai magar dukh hai qayamat ka
zalim ab ke bhi na roay ga to mar jaaye ga
I have a feeling that the purpose of the blast is to generate sympathies for bb. this can be arranged by US.
I really sorry for those who lost their lives for such corrupt people and those who had come for rs. 500.
Eidee Man,
There are two ways to achieve your grand desire of ‘tucking away’ Pakistan.
1. A nation it is said is only its people. So you can help all of us Pakistanis pack up and go by ship to Antarctica. Tucked away but free and open as well.
2. If it you insist that its the land and the people, then start digging along the boundary to uproot and transport the land. We will pay for all the big boats in the world to come and send over little little pieces of land with people to a nice spot in the remote oceans… so we can be tucked away.
Location?!! get a perspective lad.
I am shocked beyond belief. Our country is indeed CURSED because of its strategic location…we’re SICK of being in the middle of the whole freaking world’s affairs…I wish Pakistan was tucked away in no-man’s land so at least we could attempt to figure out our problems on our own.
Seven years ago, the words suicide bombing, terrorism, etc were not even part of our vocabulary….I can’t believe what has come to pass during the past few years. We can take corrupt politicians, empty promises, looted treasuries, nonexistent infrastructure, dysfunctional governments…..but killing of innocent people??? I don’t know what else other than widespread healing, as has been suggested here, can lead us out of this mess. I hope God helps Pakistan, not for us (the useless elite), not for the politicians, but for the downtrodden masses….they really deserve a break.
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I was extremely sad to hear the news. I strongly oppose the political system in Pakistan and all its products so I was sad to begin with when I heard that Benazir was coming back but the loss of innocent lives makes it even worse.
I am sad to see people sharpening their conspiracy theories and blaming everyone except the real culprits. Wake up people we are at war and this was a product of it. The question is whether our nation has the guts to fight this war to the end or will it bow down and accept defeat.
Whole Pakistan is kidnapped in hand of 20 thousand talibans. Either Taliban will win or we.