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PKKH Editorial
Today the whole of Pakistan, specially the city of Karachi, is in mourning again, after a powerful bomb blast in Abbas Town. This high intensity blast in Karachi on Sunday, 3rd March, has claimed at least 45 lives and injured more than 150. The explosion took place at the time of Maghrib prayers between two apartment blocks at the entrance to Abbas Town.
According to the report, the terrorists had detonated a remote-controlled bomb in the highly populated area of Abbas Town, Abul Hassan Ispahani Road. Reports also say that the explosives laden vehicle was parked at the main entrance of the town where there were buildings on both sides which collapsed after the blast.
The blast left a four-foot deep crater, with a 10-feet circumference. An area of around 700 meters had been affected due to the blast.
Law enforcement agencies and government rescuers reached the spot after the attack, while residents of the area and rescuers of different private welfare organizations shifted the victims to different hospitals on their own.
Karachi - Pakistan's biggest city and commercial capital - has been a victim of a long series of violence. There is hardly any crime that is not prevalent in Karachi. Extortion, kidnapping for ransom, thefts, sectarian and ethnic killings, bomb blasts and what not, all sort of crimes have become common in Karachi. There have been 11 bomb blasts in Karachi from January 1 to March 2013.
Ethnic and sectarian violence is also not new to this city. Almost daily, various incidents of indiscriminate firing by unknown assassins, and in-pitched gun battles between unidentified rivals take place in Karachi. The problem is not that difficult to comprehend: the violence, anywhere in Pakistan is directly linked to those whose benefit lies in destabilizing Pakistan by creating not only ethnic tension but all sorts of chaos.
Pakistan has been at war against terrorism and no other country has suffered as many losses as Pakistan in the war against terror. These heinous crimes that have exponentially risen since the WOT, have an external and an internal context. Internally this has to be seen in the overall situation of prevailing security situation in Pakistan where 40,000 innocent citizens have lost their lives in the fight against terrorism. In the given situation, all anti Pakistan forces have joined hands to tarnish Pakistan. The current Government of Pakistan has failed to come up with concrete solution to this flourishing terrorism. It has failed to protect lives living in their protected forts. But externally we are being subject to disunity and de-stability as a nation.
The facade of effectiveness of this so-called democratic government has long been gone due to the utter mismanagement and pure negligence and now people are not sure on what to do and whom to rely upon in this time of distress.
If we are torn apart with distinctions of Sunni, Shia or Wahabi, we will lose the meaning of our very creation and the creation of this country. We should not forget why Pakistan was created in the first place. It was created so that people could live here freely while practicing their religion with dignity.
Condemnation to this sectarian violence is not enough Government institutions need to take further steps. Yesterday it was Hazaras and Shias, today it is the Sunnis and tomorrow it can be anyone. Pakistan needs to take constructive and solid steps to confront terrorism.
The nation of Pakistan needs to stand together in these times of national crisis, irrespective of sectarian barriers - Every humans life hold equal importance. Instead of promoting these unfortunate incidents as Shia- Genocide or Sunni-Genocide, nation needs to talk about national loss. Because Together we stand -- Divided we fall.
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PKKH Editorial
Today the whole of Pakistan, specially the city of Karachi, is in mourning again, after a powerful bomb blast in Abbas Town. This high intensity blast in Karachi on Sunday, 3rd March, has claimed at least 45 lives and injured more than 150. The explosion took place at the time of Maghrib prayers between two apartment blocks at the entrance to Abbas Town.
According to the report, the terrorists had detonated a remote-controlled bomb in the highly populated area of Abbas Town, Abul Hassan Ispahani Road. Reports also say that the explosives laden vehicle was parked at the main entrance of the town where there were buildings on both sides which collapsed after the blast.
The blast left a four-foot deep crater, with a 10-feet circumference. An area of around 700 meters had been affected due to the blast.
Law enforcement agencies and government rescuers reached the spot after the attack, while residents of the area and rescuers of different private welfare organizations shifted the victims to different hospitals on their own.
Karachi - Pakistan's biggest city and commercial capital - has been a victim of a long series of violence. There is hardly any crime that is not prevalent in Karachi. Extortion, kidnapping for ransom, thefts, sectarian and ethnic killings, bomb blasts and what not, all sort of crimes have become common in Karachi. There have been 11 bomb blasts in Karachi from January 1 to March 2013.
Ethnic and sectarian violence is also not new to this city. Almost daily, various incidents of indiscriminate firing by unknown assassins, and in-pitched gun battles between unidentified rivals take place in Karachi. The problem is not that difficult to comprehend: the violence, anywhere in Pakistan is directly linked to those whose benefit lies in destabilizing Pakistan by creating not only ethnic tension but all sorts of chaos.
Pakistan has been at war against terrorism and no other country has suffered as many losses as Pakistan in the war against terror. These heinous crimes that have exponentially risen since the WOT, have an external and an internal context. Internally this has to be seen in the overall situation of prevailing security situation in Pakistan where 40,000 innocent citizens have lost their lives in the fight against terrorism. In the given situation, all anti Pakistan forces have joined hands to tarnish Pakistan. The current Government of Pakistan has failed to come up with concrete solution to this flourishing terrorism. It has failed to protect lives living in their protected forts. But externally we are being subject to disunity and de-stability as a nation.
The facade of effectiveness of this so-called democratic government has long been gone due to the utter mismanagement and pure negligence and now people are not sure on what to do and whom to rely upon in this time of distress.
If we are torn apart with distinctions of Sunni, Shia or Wahabi, we will lose the meaning of our very creation and the creation of this country. We should not forget why Pakistan was created in the first place. It was created so that people could live here freely while practicing their religion with dignity.
Condemnation to this sectarian violence is not enough Government institutions need to take further steps. Yesterday it was Hazaras and Shias, today it is the Sunnis and tomorrow it can be anyone. Pakistan needs to take constructive and solid steps to confront terrorism.
The nation of Pakistan needs to stand together in these times of national crisis, irrespective of sectarian barriers - Every humans life hold equal importance. Instead of promoting these unfortunate incidents as Shia- Genocide or Sunni-Genocide, nation needs to talk about national loss. Because Together we stand -- Divided we fall.
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