18
people including 3 women and 3 children were ruthlessly murdered in the same way as
around 26 people were murdered in Mastung. This time the incident took place in
Kohistan.
Time
after time the monster of sectarianism violence raises its head and targets
innocent people in the name of Islam. Seeds of this hatred were sowed in the
time of Zia-ul-haq who was self pro-claimed Ameer
ul Momineen. This sectarian hatred has been nurtured in the hands of those who
firmly believe that those who don’t follow their version of Islam have no right
to live.
The sad
incident which took place yesterday is not one of its kind but is a chain of
incidents from Karachi to Gilgit Baltistan. To name some of such incidents, (1)
Target killing of professionals in urban city (2) Khanpur blast (3) Target
killing in Quetta (4) targeting of religious scholar yesterday in Muzaffargarh.
With such an incident taking place in Kohistan, our
so called independent media and not to forget the JUDICIARY didn’t even give any
sort of attention to loss of valuable lives. Media was just busy in projecting
how Syrian forces are killing Syrian citizens or corruption of government. Whereas
the judiciary is busy in dealing with government cases. It is also to be noted that just on the basis
of not having enough proof, people who are and still claim to be involved in
killing in the name of religion are freed by our so called independent
judiciary. Civil society has also remained silent on the recent killing which
has taken place.
Not to forget our political parties who just issued
one statement of grief. MQM chief Altaf Hussaine was the first one. President
and Prime Minister were too following. Parties like Jamat-e-Islami, Pakitan
Tehrika Insaf, Jammiat-e-Ulma Pakistan and other religious political parties haven’t
issued a single condolence statement on the incident. It would be worth mentioning that all these
parties have pro sectarian hatred installed in their political ideology. So we don’t
expect such from the revolutionary Kahn also.
Thousands of Shias have been killed over the last
decade or so and the state has failed in providing protecting from the monster.
Others, including top professionals have fled.
In such turbulent times when a community is being
targeted in such ruthless and barbaric manner, we could only pray that our
agencies, law enforcement agencies and judiciary open their eyes and deal with
this monster with iron fist. We also pray for the families of all those who
have been killed just because they belong to a certain community.
My only question to all
“remaining silent on such
target killing sectarian hatred incidents, do we even deserve to be called Muslims
or even human?”
&
“Which side are we supporting by remaining silent on such
incidents”
May God grant peace to all the people martyred
yesterday in Kohistan.
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