Adil Najam
This graphic video of the brutal murder of 19 year of Sarfraz Shah being confronted and shot dead by Rangers – supposedly because he was a robber refusing to surrender – is only the latest in a string of state and societal resort to violence that makes one wonder if we have gone totally mad: Lynchings in Sialkot, disappearances and killings in Balochistan, shaming of protesters in Rawalpindi, vigilante justice in Karachi, shootings over load-shedding in Multan, bombings of shrines in Lahore, slaying of a woman Minister in Gujranwala, slaughter of a Christian Minister in Islamabad, and a culture of anger and a validation of violence everywhere, including and most horrendously by those who are supposed to be the custodians of our safety and security.
We are including the graphic video of the brutal murder of Sarfraz Shah, but after the ‘fold’. Reader discretion is required. But if you can bear to watch it, then do so. Because it is well past time that we stop ignoring the rot that threatens our every pore.
What can one do except hold ones head in shame and sadness, and ask oneself: Have we gone totally mad?
Despite the anger and angst that swells within each vein, I would like to believe that we have not. I still believe in Pakistan and Pakistanis. Maybe I do so because I have no option but to believe so. But more than that I do so because I know that even though the insanity is all around me, there is even more disgust and dismay at this insanity. But it is no longer enough to show disgust and dismay. We must speak up – as so many actually are. And that is because I believe that we still have it within ourselves to rise against and reject this violence. If we do not, then who will?
And justice is served!
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/08/201 181293629158272.html
We need hope and not fear.
http://thetopnewz.com/
It is not just Pakistan it is the whole world.This” MY GOD IS BETTER THAN YOUR GOD”Is helping the violence right along.I am also afraid I do not expect these things to stop any time soon.And your country has outside forces egging the violence on and makes your lives that much harder.People are people and I hope the suffering stops soon.
What is everyone griping about? Shape of things to come, have come….
This is what we wanted; and we got it!
Ladies and gentelment; load your AK47s, type56 and if you don’t not have any [assalt rifle or such] contact your local politician and avail facility…
let the fun begin…
Happy exploding… killing… [yes we can always come back to ATP and curse the system, Rangers, Army, Police, milkman etc.] it’s part of the fun.
Pakistaniat at it’s hight.
For my industrious brethren out there; the best place to put up an industry in Pakistan now is Bangladesh…
Injustice is only the “ROOT CAUSE” of all the violence and other things going wrong. The society where there is no law, becomes a jungle and in jungle savages happen.