In the midst of the worst flooding in its history, that has visited untold suffering on millions of people, another heart wrenching story came out of Pakistan yesterday. The brutal lynching of two brothers in Sialkot has shocked people in Pakistan and beyond. Video footage of the incident makes ones hairs stand on end. The brothers are clubbed to death and then when dead, are strung up. Chilling video of the brutality is easily available on YouTube.
At first, it was suggested that the brothers were 'dacoits'; today there are reports that this incident, which should prompt national soul searching, was over nothing more than cricket. Witnesses who know the family of the victims testify that the family are highly respected and shareef. One of the brothers was also a hafiz. Whatever the matter, no one deserves this.
It is simply beyond comprehension as to why this brutality could take place in the presence of so many people and effectively supervised by the police. When crimes take place in the darkness of the night, it is possible to shrug our shoulders and bemoan the state of society. But what can we say when a whole city, the city of Iqbal and Faiz, turns out as a spectator of such brutality?
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kya in aadam zado k dil me zara barabar bhi raham nahi aaya in masoomo ko katl karte hue. kaha gayi insaniat inki. kaha thi unki ghairat. yeh sab sailaab ki zad mai akar marenge bahot jald.
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