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
One should listen to Asif Zardari, Agencies are behind this attack. These are agencies who spread the rumour about Mahsood and Alqaeda want suicidal attack on BB. There are three reasons why Asif Zardari and other thinks that this can not be done by Alqaeda.
1. AlQaeda and Waziristan tribe can be as much an enemy of BB as they are of Musharraf and his ministers. Mushurraf’s hands are red with the blood of Lal Masjid whereas BB has never done anything against AlQaeda or Waziristan. BB’s only crime if any has been giving statements against them. Which everybody knows is for the consumption of US. Why would AlQaeda want to kill BB when they have not killed even the joker ministers of Mush.
2. BB is a women and knowing the AlQaeda philosophy and tribal norms , BB is confident that these elements can not attack her. And there is truth in it.
3. The biggest beneficiary of all this terror can only be Mush and his agencies.
I am surprised at the reactions here. Over 130 innocent lives gone, hundreds injured and a peaceful rally attacked that had started process of political mobilization that has been much talked about. This has to be condemned in no uncertain terms whether we like BB or not.
And the US, or other foreign actors are not behind this. This is the work of our own people and this is why we have to identify and contain these elements that are willing to blow themselves up and kill innocent people.
Alas the direction of comments here has relegated a huge tragedy into a farcical, gup-shup, name calling ala TV talk shows..
Freedom of expression does not mean that we become insensitive and facetious. ATP readers are representative of Pakistani intelligentsia: educated, aware, employed, many working/living abroad and idealistic about their country; and when one reads some of the comments here one cannot help feeling despondent!
98% of 138 deads, were PPP^s workers, sympathisers,
voters, this is called sending your militants to a
slaughterhouse, and they even don’t know why, perhaps the logic of sacrify to obtain power, power, power and power.
blood thursty power. No thanks.
We have grown up on this ”jalsa jaloos drama-bazi” politics and sheer stupid & practically worthless statements as ‘Mein SIND ki beti hoon’ or ‘Mein Pakistan kay GHARIB awam kay liya ai hoon’. Yeah right!!! She gets out of her million dollar home in Dubai, sits in her 2007 S-Class 600 Mercedes Benz, V8 to drive to the airport, checks into the Emirates Business Class Lounge and fly into Karachi airport in Club Class of Emirates Airlines only to be carried around in a full bullet proof truck followed by a armored vehicle with IED jamming systems (not very effective though!). She was saved due to her high end arrangements but what about the poor people who got killed? Why were they not provided any security?
The only reason Mrs. Asif Ali Zardari is back so that she could hope to de-freeze her looted assets and make an ass of Pakistani’s once more.
There is a joke going around on SMS in Pakistan……….Latest Statement from AL QAEDA on PPP procession blasts in Pakistan………………………Sorry Pakistan, we missed!
BB’s shenanigans and political status are not different than the Photo of the Guy standing in front of the Faisal Mosque trying sell his kidney in desperation (as reported on Pakistaniat)! Both of them are FRAUDS, one is high end while the other is low end! Which one is which, I’d leave that choice to each Pakistani.
i smell a rat.