Adil Najam
This photograph of lawyer leader Aitzaz Ahsan on top of an ambulance putting his hand together and begging for peace and a stop to the needless violence by some who are ‘supposedly’ his supporters, speaks volumes. It speaks volumes about Aitizaz Ahsan; volumes about the culture of anger and violence that has gripped Pakistan, and volumes about the the state of Pakistan politics. A sense of anger and angst continues to define Pakistan.
Read also, Aitizaz Ahsan’s letter to his fellow lawyers, back in December.
Whether the violence is the result of nefarious ‘agency’ designs to discredit the lawyers movement or the disgruntlement of frustrations within the movement, it does not bode well for the country and for democracy in the country. It may serve the short-term interests of some, but it cannot be in the long-term interests of Pakistan.
The pictures (above) of mayhem and violence on the streets of Pakistan are are equally articulate about the state of affairs in Pakistan.
@ commentators,
I am seriously thinking of writing a nazm on
” Jamaatikholia or Jamaatophobia ”
will be at your disposal very soon !!
keh dushmanon ko, ho ja’aiy khabar !!!!
I was just watching a program by Dr. Javed Ghamidi on education in Pakistan and he very well said that pahlay Insaan banao, phir musalman banao….
muslaman to pehlay hi naam kay rahgaye thay, ab insaaniyat bhi khatam hoti jaarahi hai……..
burning cars is not enough, we protest by burning people alive….
kaun insaaf day, sabhi aik say aik hain….
I am not pointing fingers at any party especially MQM but I really don’t understand their reaction to all this, it seems they r not much interested in solving it and moving forward as whenever someone brings up the point of inquiring 12th May along with 9th April, their rhetoric is to go all the way back to their bad old days.
if nothing happens in Karachi without MQM, then they have a stake in this and timing is perfect just before the musical chairs session….
PPP should not lose this by messing around with the vote mandate….
Adil Bhai,
Your post hits the nail on the head. We seem forever in crisis mainly of our own design.
Pakistan is still bleeding, the fire is still burning and needs to be extinguished, my post written at the death of Mohtarma is still as valid and I will share it here to provide another viewpoint to aid the discussion, do have a read:
http://www.otherpakistan.org/pakistan-is-bleeding. html
Feimanallah
Wasim
Let