Benazir Bhutto has been killed. The news was she was injured, but the television channels confirm she is dead. 15 others have died in the suicide attack.
Having maintained that she was wrong on several counts, I feel that politics requires different voices and it might have been an interesting fight to see where Pakistan would go from here.
This is not to be, with one important player gone. It is unfortunate what this country is going through, and I am sorry but I do blame the United States of America for using it for its proxy wars and its leaders as convenient puppets to send messages to other nations.
Update at 7.45 IST: Called up a friend in Islamabad. Karachi has broken out into violent reactions; Islamabad is tense. Martial Law again predicted and elections likely to be on hold.
As always, the common people will suffer the most. I do hope everyone is well and safe.
A tumultuous way for the year to end.
fariyaad katghare mein
ro ro ke tadapti thi
qaanoon ke rakhavaale
kal le ke gaye jis ko
ab us ko yahaan laayein
vo naash to dikhalaayein
-Fehmida Riyaz
The plea that cried in the witness box
Was taken away by the keepers of law
Bring it back to us
At least show us the corpse
FV:
ReplyDeleteTruly saddened -- for her family, democracy and Pakistan; even for political dynasties in South Asia. Wouldn't wish such a macabre death for my worst enemy.
The year has not ended yet; and the 'game' has just begun. Things will unfold, others will unravel.
ReplyDeleteYet again Dylan comes to mind, but today it's not Medgar Evers, it's the people of Pakistan. Not that BB's demise is any great loss either for democracy or for the upstanding people of Pakistan, it indeed is a grim reminder as to who is a pawn, who is a puppet and who pulls the strings. For all puppet-turned-monsters meet the end. I have always admired these words "The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die" to the beloved country and her people.
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ReplyDeleteFV
That's the answer...
Nothing to say any more....this is just the beginning of real storm ahead in this particular region and you know what I mean????
I was a kid when this happened... Murtaza was assasinated. But since that day I have not had a liking for BB.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-bhutto14nov14,0,2482408.story?coll=la-opinion-center
"Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through."
ReplyDelete- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle