I thought we actually cared about humanity but all we cared about was our reputations on the internet
KARACHI: It was on the night of December 16 when most people changed their Facebook display pictures to black and wrote aggressive notes on social media and many took part in candlelight vigils as well. We thought and believed that people are actually finally realising the power of unity but unfortunately, we were wrong. All they cared about were the likes and comments on their statuses, videos and ‘selfies’ on social media.
We all have recently seen a few pictures of a boy hanging in a mosque with his hands tied. I have seen no aggressive notes, no sympathetic quotes on this issue so far. It is either because we think that this is a usual thing to happen in Pakistan as we do not have any humanity left in us unless something horrendous happens to our relative or it is because we think Imran Khan and Reham Khan’s wedding is much more important than the death of a child. A little hope that arose in the last 10 days of December seems to be vanishing steadily. I thought we actually cared about humanity but all we cared about was our reputations on the internet.
Syed Omer Nadeem
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2015.
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