Jihad Against Children
“Blast in Karachi targets SSP CID, 8 killed” reads the headline alluding to latest suicide attack at SSP’s house in Karachi. It was an attempt to kill the police officer and his family who has played instrumental role in capturing Taliban. Among the deceased were a woman and her 12-year-old child as well. She was a schoolteacher dropping her child at the school in front of that officer’s house. The poor woman and her unfortunate child will never be a headline. No one will write the story of the young life that was terminated prematurely by some one in search of `Jannat’ (heaven). Being a father of young children, I cannot even fathom the grief endured by parents when their children are killed mercilessly.
Earlier last week outside Peshawar some “terrorists” opened fire on a school bus killing 3 children and a bus driver. They weren’t caught in a crossfire or victim of an error. 15 years old wounded child narrated how they were ambushed and fired on when bus stalled and they tried to flee. Again, no one knows about these children and their families. Just for a split second, put yourself in these parents’ shoes. I attempted but my emotional strength betrayed me. Even if I contemplate, cannot transcribe the heart wrenching feelings of such an imaginative event. All the moments spent, tender love and dreams woven around these innocent souls vanish in a blink of an eye. A part of my self is scratched away!
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