Adil Najam
Eid approaches. This not not a time to be depressed. But these are depressing times. Eid deserves an upbeat message and positive pictures. Soon, we promise, we will have these for you. But today, I cannot get this picture out of my head.
This picture, taken by Emilio Morenatti of the Associated Press, haunts me. As it should. Taken yesterday (Sunday) in Islamabad, the caption reads: “A Pakistani boy waits to get a ration of donated food before Iftar, the time to break their fast, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.”
Usually, we want our readers to comment on our posts. Today, I don’t care if you do or do not. What can you say? What can I say? What can any one of us say as we look at the expression on this child’s face. I do not care if you comment on this, but please do THINK about it. Maybe, as you think, you shoudl also listen to the “yeh bacha kis ka bacha hai” whcih we had first posted here.
For those of us who have lived long in Islamabad, this is one more reminder that this, too, is Islamabad!
I hope very soon Pakistan will become a super country. We have some internal problems in Pakistan but all these problems concerned to our goverment.
App nay toh jhanjor k rakh dia. Allah raham karay Pakistan per aur Pakistan k awam per. Ameen.
Adil – keep up the good work. We need these reminders often.