I performed an interesting experiment today.
While coming back from work through mall road I turned the power of my speakers to their maximum,lowered my windows and played "Dil Dil Pakistan" through the four main intersections till GHQ.
Some people ignored it, others chuckled.. but the majority smiled, maybe out of amusement I suppose. But as I hoped, even at the expense of my dignitiy, that if nothing else..in the backdrop of the bomb blast in Peshawar and recent events. If this can end up elevating the spirits of even three out of hundred people, its an effort worth the giggles. And I even felt like echoing a monologue from the movie Independence day; (albeit a little altered

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"Pakistan." That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it's fate that we are once again fighting for our freedom,.. Not only against tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from fear and hate . We are fighting for our right to live. To exist as a nation. And should we win the day, Pakistani's will no longer be known as Punjabis,Sindhis,Pathans,Balochis or Mohajirs, but as one people and one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not succumb without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we are Pakistani's!"