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Friday, March 19, 2010

Till death shall we denounce them!

Is this my land? Does anyone actually care now that so much blood is lost or are we just a bunch of "good-for-nothing-partriots" waiting for more to come? Will it be the same? A plethora of talk shows coupled with sensationalized media reporting with no solution or action? Just another note from my side and then I’ll get on with it? As I pen this down, someone else in my city is crying and the reason is very valid; they have lost their loved ones. I do not want to imagine losing my loved ones and that is enough for a feeler of what those people might be going through.

To imagine that my mother escaped today’s blasts by a few minutes, literally, makes me wonder; you never know whose next. How many more houses need to be destroyed before action is taken? How many more sons will be lost before we will see any considerable improvement in the situation? How many more fathers, mothers, husbands, wives and daughters are required? Where is it going to end? When is it going to end? Will Haleema and all the other babies of Pakistan grow up with this sword hanging over their heads forever? It scares me.

Today’s blasts took place in RA Bazaar, an area central to both my houses for the past seventeen years. To have seen what happened to that place today was very disturbing. The thought had never crossed my mind. Really, it hadn’t.

Everything is so uncertain.

This is not my land. I know for sure. My people are peace-loving people. Yes, a little civic sense would do no harm but they are not the beasts that people think they are. The parasites eating our society are alien to us for we are not with these blood-suckers.

This is not my land.

My land is the land of Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of the largest private ambulance network in the whole world. Not only this, he is also a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize. He is our real face.

My land is the land that produced Ali Moeen Nawazish; the wizard who obtained 23 As in his A-Levels, the Rawalpindi boy who took the whole world by storm. He is our real face.

My land is host to the state-of-the-art Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.

My land is the land that produced Shehzad Roy; founder of Zindagi Trust; an organization that provides quality education to the under-privileged Pakistanis.

My land is the land of the LUMS “Outstanding Delegation” at Harvard MUN and MUNTR!

My land is the land of Ussama Ahmad Khan; the hard-working world-topper in A-Level Law.

My land is the land of Nasim Hameed; the Korangi girl who is now the fastest woman of South Asia.

My land is the land of Aleem Dar; the best cricket umpire in the world.

My land is the land of Shaina Khan and Anita Pabani; bronze medalists at the International Chemistry Olympiad.

My land is the land of Abeera Ali, bronze medalist at the International Biology Olympiad.

My land is the land of Zaeem Hussain, bronze medalist at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

My land is the land of the LGS-55 Main team that has made it to the International Space Settlement Design Competition thrice.

My land is the land of Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan, a recognized intellectual of the Foreign Policy Magazine.

My land is the land of Sara Nasir, the gold medalist in Karate at the South Asian Games.

My land is the land of Habib Jalib, the staunch democrat, a man of highest integrity.

My land is the land of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, Shaheed.

My land is the land of the theoretical physicist, the Nobel laureate, Abdus Salam.

The Green flag is a reflection of these faces, not of those blood-suckers. Count the positives. Stay Strong.

My land is my hope. My country is my life and my life cannot be in the hands of those blood-suckers. Till death shall we denounce them, till death shall we fight them and till death shall we stay united.


پاک سرزمین کا نظام
قوت اخوت عوام
قوم ، ملک ، سلطنت
! پائندہ تابندہ باد
شاد باد منزل مراد

The order of this sacred land
Is the might of the brotherhood of the people
May the nation, the country, and the state
Shine in glory everlasting!
Blessed be the goal of our ambition
Rise Pakistan!

5 comments:

  1. Makes you think doesn't it? Its a shame how things have changed so dramatically in the last decade. I mean im only 18 and can remember a time without all this violence and bloodshed. Hopefully, the future holds a time of peace and prosperity just like the past.

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  2. it really is a shame.i mean there is so many positive things about Pakistan and Pakistanis have the potential to achieve almost anything. yet the good in us is never seen people always think of us the land of terrorists. i hope and pray that the situation of our beloved country changes and we can live in peace

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  3. Very well said Imran. What we really need is hard-working, patriotic and enthusiastic youngsters like you!

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  4. It is time to accentuate the positive and remember Pakistan's heroes with profound gratitude. I also wonder when will the people stand up and say enough is enough or do these terrorist have a backing from the populace, stealth though it may be?

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  5. Pity where we are today. I remember the spirit of this nation post 1965. We are up against a worst enemy than in 1965 and it's people like you who have to take over the country and turn it in the right direction. I admire your thoughts and the way you have brought us all out of despair and I hope for good.

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