The Pakistani government allows inhumanity to thrive and proliferate.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI, US: I am an American Ahmadi. I was horrified when I learned about the brutal murder of Dr Mehdi Ali Qamar who was on a humanitarian mission in Pakistan.
What is Pakistani justice? Is it the warm, tranquil flow of scarlet blood soaking into the dirt road? Is it the broken scream of a wife and mother? Is it the tears of a child watching the sun grow low, waiting for the soft hug of a father who will never come home? Yes, Pakistani justice is cold and barren. It is selfish. And even as the government claims that the murder of Ahmadis is not encouraged — it does not bother to condemn it. Deny as they may, the bigwigs’ involvement in this persecution is clear; the Pakistani government allows inhumanity to thrive and proliferate. It is called acquiescence through silence and metes out the same kind of injustice.
The children and families of those who were martyred in the 2010 attacks on Ahmadi places of worship ask, “Have the bad guys been caught?” Little do they know that the Pakistani police force will continue to stand idle. The family and friends of Mehdi Ali Qamar wonder if his murderer will be brought to book. Little do they know that the blood of innocent people means nothing to Pakistan. The Ahmadi community asks when will justice be delivered. Little does it know that Pakistan understands their peaceful rebellion as their ignorance. If Pakistani justice does not speak up against persecution, then what does it speak up for?
Minahel Munir
Published in The Express Tribune, May 31st, 2014.
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