Adil Najam
Once again our eyes swell up, our hearts miss a beat, our body shakes in shock and anger, and the banality of mayhem hits us in the gut, as the enemies of Pakistan continue on their killing spree. 23 Pakistanis are dead in Lahore in today’s dastardly attack already. More remain in critical conditions.
We have been here before: here and here and here and here and here here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and here and it seems everwhere. One cannot bear to count any more. One shudders to think. Just how many Pakistanis will be slaughtered by the beasts who do this before their hatred is satisfied?
According to Dawn:
LAHORE: Gunmen detonated a car bomb near police and intelligence agency offices on Lahore’s Fatima Jinnah road Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding more than 100, officials said. At least four men with rifles stepped out from the car and opened fire on the intelligence agency building, then set off a massive blast when security guards returned fire, officials said.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik suggested the attack could be retaliation for the government’s military offensive to rout Taliban militants from the northwestern Swat Valley. Wednesday’s attack was the third major strike in Lahore in recent months. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the latest bombing. Police said one suspect was detained.
… The explosion sheared the walls off buildings in a main business district. TV footage showed bleeding bystanders and emergency workers carrying the injured toward ambulances. ‘The moment the blast happened, everything went dark in front of my eyes,’ witness Muhammad Ali said. ‘The way the blast happened, then gunfire, it looked as if there was a battle going on.’ Sajjad Bhutta, a senior government official in Lahore, told reporters that a car carrying several gunmen pulled up in a street between offices of the emergency police and the Inter-Service Intelligence.
‘As some people came out from that vehicle and starting firing at the ISI office, the guards from inside that building returned fire,’ he said. As the firing continued, the car suddenly exploded, he said. The ISI and police buildings were both badly damaged. An AP reporter saw dozens of troops entering the ISI building to supervise the rescue work, while gunshots were heard from inside the building even one hour after the blast. Television footage showed officers dragging a black-shirted man from the scene.
Malik blamed the attack on militants that government forces are fighting in the Swat Valley and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas near Afghanistan. ‘These terrorists were defeated in FATA and Swat and now they have come here,’ he told reporters.
How much of this is related to teh operation going on in FATA and Swat and how much is a continuation of what has been happening month after month and week after week is unclear, but what is very clear is that, as always, Pakistanis die, Pakistanis cry.
Lashkra-e-Jhangvi with the help of N-Wazirstan terrorists carried outt this plan.Yesterday UET Mechanical Engineer student from Darya Khan residing in Temple Road Hostel Lahore is also arrested .Details are yet to come
Regards
Some years ago, there were repeated Dacoities in an old city Market, located in the Kharadar area. The looted shops, included those of goldsmiths, wholesalers and retailers etc. So the Market people, decided take direct Action, to improve their Market’s law and order, and thereby, their businesses.
The Market had several narrow “gullies” leading from outside into the Market. There were shops in both the narrow Gullies, and on the Main Street/Market. The Market Committee Decided to Post Watchers, at all the Entrance Points of the Market, because, the Shopowners knew the Regular Buyers, frequenting the Area for trading.
Whenever, Suspicious Characters were noticed entering the Market, the Watchers alerted all other Watchers at the many Entrances and Exit Points… by hand signal, phone or Intercom. No hue and cry was raised, the Dacoits movement was watched, till they made their move. As soon as the dacoits made the move, all the Watchers would Block all Entry/Exits to the Gulli or the Shop…
Twice, unsuspecting Dacoits attempting Robbery etc. were apprehended by the market Watchers, and bids foiled. The dacoits were treated the way they should be treated. Now for many years there has not been a singly dacoity in this area.
It is important to Understand, that Dacoits and such, as the Terrorists, take advantage of the Element of Surprise. If the Element of Surprise is taken out, then they will not attempt, the Criminal Activity. In case of Suicide Bombers, Sirens can be blown to alert the unsuspecting public, in the vicinity of Terrorists, and area vacated. The Bomb disposal Squad can then be informed to clear the area.
CCTVs can also be installed at Market Entrances and Exits, a Closed Circuit Camera costs only about Rs.5000/= per unit, so there is no big deal buying these on a Cooperative basis and installing. These Cameras can provide evidence in the form of pictures of the suspects, to the Police and State Agencies.
What I am saying is, that while it is Impossible for the Police or Agencies to Monitor each and every street and Market of Pakistan, we can ensure this Vigilance by involving, the Residents and Traders of every Locality in Pakistan.
>:). Says it all really. Have fun in la-la land!
Says it all….lack of complete respect for what happened in Lahore, instead you want every one to think about your logic, hence you need to disappear.
@ Aamir ali, even if he meant what you mean…he needs lessons in writing when giving his “golden” ideas on a sensitive forum. May be go back to school to learn to write but oh wait Taliban and their friends dont like schools.
Anyway I am done with Arjun people and opinion like him and Talib do not deserve time from people who have brains and can think.
I think you folks misunderstood Arjun, who was marvelling at the sheer stupidity of the Taliban who claim to love Muslims yet have no qualms of slaughtering them.
>@ Arjun do us a favor and go away, and take your logics and >reasoning with you.
:). Says it all really. Have fun in la-la land!