More Blood— 2013

General George S Patton:

  "No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.”

There are people trying to kill us and are constantly killing us. They have repeatedly announced that they would like to destroy us, kill the educated ones and crush the rest. Since 2007, they have killed more than 4,000 Pakistani soldiers and more than 30,000 civilians. Our options are either to fight back or be killed. But it looks like we would rather be victims. Still people within us say that we should talk to them. And there are ones who label them as “Good” & “Bad”.

Month Wise Shia Target Killing
January	42
February	37
March	36
April	34
May	24
June	30
July	35
August	42
September	51
October	28
November	80
December	63

 

As 2012 was about to end, more violence more blood and many more innocent people lost their live. On December 30 repeat was somewhat the same as Pakistan witnessed the terrible killing of 19 Shia pilgrims in Mastung in Baluchistan. Twenty-five others were injured in the attack, which targeted a convoy of three buses in which about 180 people were travelling. It is not difficult to highlight who the real culprits were. These people have time in time out came after us killed us; and they will kill again. This was not the only place where blood was ruthlessly spilt. Those 21 levies personnel, who were abducted after raid of terrorist on check post, met the same fate. They were returned to their ancestral villages, but for burial. Not to stop, we also witnessed bombing of bus at Kent station in Karachi claiming 6 innocent lives and not to forget ANP’s Bashir Ahmed Bilour who was assassinated in suicide bombing.

Region Wise Shia Killing
Sindh	145
Punjab	81
Baluchistan	156
Gilgit Baltistan	55
Khyber-  Pakhtunkhwa	9
FATA	56

While our Supreme Court took notice of Shahzaib Khan’s murder, but did not give any heed to the blood which was ruthlessly and barbarically spilt on our beloved mother land. Civil society only raised its voice on incidents which could give them some lime light and media also stuck to its double standards by only showing high profile reports. As per one database, over 500 members of the Shia Community were killed in 2012. As many as 136 people from the Shia community were killed in Karachi, which was the largest number for a city.

According to many independent researchers, growing amount of anti Shia violence has its roots in alliance of Taliban and local jihadi outfits. This alliance in long term also processes danger signals for State of Pakistan. As Taliban would have grass root support in urban cities. After September 2011, the jihadi groups also turned their guns towards their old masters who had used them in Soviet Afghan jihad.

As for local jihad outfits, enforcement of ban on these organizations had little effect. As they renamed themselves and launched into mainstream. Thus as being in politics they have struck lethal blows to state machinery by providing human resource to Taliban and also fulfilling their own agenda of targeting Shias.

2012 also witnessed beheading of kidnapped people of same community in Baluchistan. This bought in another form of barbaric activity which could never serve cause of Islam. Instead it is just tarnishing our image. We also had Malala and Shahzeb Khan within us, who were killed but But we are just not in the limelight.

To end this blog, reference to a video of ASWJ’s head of Karachi in which he openly said that his organization would create an atmosphere in this country which would not let any minority especially Shia to survive. Meanwhile, Shias are being alienated from their own country. A country which was obtained in the name of Islam. When hope is lost, everything is lost. And as 2013 begins, the stage is being set for more blood to be spilt. Blood to be spilt in the name of God. Barbarians who take lives of innocent do it not by the will of Creator. This is oppression not Jihad.