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?
@Adil: Unfortunately educated people like you are also fully responsible for such ills. Instead of educating people of all the harm caused by rogue naPak Army people like you decide to stay “neutral” until water starts flowing above your own head.
Hats off the Asma Jehangir who is man enough to challenge these leeches openly.
Your official song of this blog is “Ham Dekhein Gey” which is 100% opposed to what you have been doing throughout last so many years.
Merely commenting like a spectator without educating people is making worst mockery of Faiz and his peom.
I cannot bring myself to watch this video…but I do not need to watch it to be horrified by the atrocity that has taken place. There is nothing that can be done or said that would make this seem the least bit okay.
I do agree with the writer though. I have not lost hope in Pakistan and its peoples. We need to get our priorities straight and start protesting for the RIGHT reasons. There have been more protests over the deaths of OBL, and Kashmiri than of the innocents that have been slain and tortured. The sane people left in this country need to SPEAK UP !!
One of your readers has described that this murdered YOUTH looks like the one who snatched his wallet in 2004.This murdered youth could not have been more then 10 years old at that time.
So once again we have another incident to talk off and perhaps forget when something new happens. The very chief justice who got a “C” in our mos recent poll here on ATP has ordered removal of IGP Sindh and DG Rangers. But regrettably the elected leadership, ( incidentally all of them got a “D” in the poll) is busy in political point scoring and no solid strategy when our armed forces are in disarray. They have been criticizing the armed forces but not taking any action against any one………
DO WE NEED NEW POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO TACKLE THE PRESENT MESS????????
This is the most gruesome video I have ever seen in my life.A poor unarmed youth begging for mercy being shot by merciless gun tottering rangers who are supposed to uphold the law, shame on them.He should have been arrested if he had broken any law but the rangers had no right to act as judge and jury.They are scared chicken of the terrorists but they kill an unarmed youth not convicted by any court of law. All these bastards should be hanged forthwith as it is a open and shut case watched by millions across the globe.It has further tarnished the already poor image of Pakistan. It should be not let to die down with the passage of time and the people of Pakistan and the media should continue to play its part in this regard.