Shahbaz Taseer’s abduction (II)
In today’s Pakistan, anything can happen to anyone.
KARACHI:
In today’s Pakistan, anything can happen to anyone. We shouldn’t feel too safe. Where is compassion? So many people have turned into such heartless beasts. We all need to read the following poem: First they came for the communists, And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist./ Then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist./ Then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew./ Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out
for me.
Mohsin Sayeed
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2011.
In today’s Pakistan, anything can happen to anyone. We shouldn’t feel too safe. Where is compassion? So many people have turned into such heartless beasts. We all need to read the following poem: First they came for the communists, And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist./ Then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist./ Then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew./ Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out
for me.
Mohsin Sayeed
Published in The Express Tribune, August 28th, 2011.