Adil Najam
The headline screams out that more than 40 people are dead after a heartless and soulless suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi. The story under it tells us that more than half of those butchered are children.
Numb. Enraged. Without words. One stares into space.
How many such headlines have we seen? How many more are we destined to see?
Carnage. Bloodshed. Callousness. Hatred.
These are not things that anyone with a modicum of humanity can become used to. Yet, the world passes us by. Its not even news for the rest of the world. They are too busy worrying about “their” Taliban, to care about what “our” Taliban are doing. In the crazy world that we have manufactured, not every death is created equal. And certainly not every life.
Once again, Pakistanis die. Once again, Pakistanis cry. Alone.
Once again, Pakistanis stare into the darkness of nothingness, looking for answers. There are few words of sympathy from those who claim to be our friends. There are only sneers and jeers from those who are our enemies.
Why, one asks, why? Why do they hate us so?
In this video interview one would-be suicide bomber speaks up. It is harrowing. Listen, if you will, to the voice of hatred. Listen, if you can, to what Pakistan’s enemy sounds like.
I feel sad for the innocent kids, but really, what goes around, comes around. This is what Pakistan gifted India in Kashmir for 20 years and laughed with glee as thousands of Indians died in attack after attack as Hindus and Sikhs were ethnically cleansed out to create an “Islamic” Kashmir. It is sweet justice to see the monster the Pakistani Army raised bite it back. Karma – mind it!
@Adil
“Yet, the world passes us by. Its not even news for the rest of the world.”
I don’t understand where you are getting this. Virtually all major news organizations have carried this story.
“They are too busy worrying about “their” Taliban, to care about what “our” Taliban are doing. In the crazy world that we have manufactured, not every death is created equal. And certainly not every life.”
Actually they (I am assuming you are referring to the coalition forces in Afghanistan) do care and would like nothing more than to come on over and take care of “their” and “our” Taliban. Pakistan just won’t let them.
Very well said Adil. But it is so very painful to read. And even more painful is that video. Specially when he talks about being ready to kill children, just as the attackers of the mosque in Pindi did. With enemies like this and with so many Paksitanis still not ready to accept facts, how are we going to win this war.
Adil Bhai, you have written with such amazing force and with so much pain as if you were writing with your own blood. Your words speak for all Pakistanis. These enemies of Pakistan and Pakistanis and Muslims and of Islam are destroying us from within. There are no greater enemies of Pakistan today then these Taliban.
chilling.