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
No one noticed that the title of this article is misleading:
More than 100 dead
Despite being fed up of Pakistani Politics, I also smell a big fat rat!!
Benazir and all her aides should be put solely responsible for this. These people have no respect of others time, lives and property! It was 12:00 am and she did not even reach her planned destination, as if they were only waiting for this to happen! Why was everything delayed so much? Why do they want to make a “circus” out of every situation! I hope that no-one explains this with the love which the people have for Benazir and her Goons…
@Harris Sadiqi,
This is not at all a conspiracy theory, this is pakistani agencies business and it is not people in Pakistan who find to hard to believe that it is not agencies’s doing, it is US establishment who knows that this is doing of Pakistan agencies. That’s why they never trust Paskitan army and it’s agencies. That’s why they want to attack in Pakistan’s territory against terrorists. I am as much against terrorist as any rational person could be but like any rational american I would like to see to the bottom of the truth. Check CNN, Sky and BBC and you will know how rational people think.
Why is everyone finding it so hard to believe that Al Qaeda and Taliban are a real threat and they are present in our society? Why is it that every bomb blast has to be blamed on the establishment, agencies and the government?
If everyone has a theory then I can make several blaming it on several hundred people including Benazir, the flower merchant at the graveyard and the local blood bank owner to name a few and I will give strong arguments to justify them. GET REAL!!!
As an Indian firstly I am appalled by this incident. We are no strangers to political violence but this is beyond the pale.
I wonder at the hatred adn the loathing that permeates these beings that they can actually consider carnage on such a large scale. And lets not kid ourselves, this is not making any political point etc. This is hatred blind and pure.
may Pakistan emerge more peaceful from this.
The important lesson from this lies at the core of our human psyche. It is TOLERANCE. For whoever/whatever across teh spectrum. If you cannot tolerate (and I mean this in the most pejorative meaning assigned), you will destroy.
On another note – Snigdha – i am doubly appalled that you chose to use this day to raise what are untimately facetous questions.