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Sialkot shame (II)

This is with reference to your reports on the Sialkot incident of two boys being beaten to death in public.

Letter August 22, 2010

Sialkot shame (II)

SIALKOT: This is with reference to your reports on the Sialkot incident of two boys being beaten to death in public. I can’t believe this incident took place in Sialkot, a city known for bravery, for giving birth to the bearers of Nishan-e-Haider. This is what they have come to now? Killing their own people so brutally? I would like to ask these people: what were you thinking? Just because these boys had nothing to retaliate with, you took advantage and beat them to death without giving them a chance to defend themselves. Are you even human?

These men do not have the guts to stand against the tyranny of their governments, but they think they are man enough to brutally murder helpless boys.

Today, I am ashamed of being a Sialkoti.

Khurram Minhas

Published in The Express Tribune, August 23^rd, 2010.

COMMENTS (9)

WaWbOaA | 14 years ago | Reply People have no sense of proportion and have no shame. Read the story of a shameless and conspiring women Zulekha in Surah Yusuf.

rz | 14 years ago | Reply @Arsal. If you know these things happen "all the time" then why aren't you guys doing anything about it? What if it was your cousin, friend, or brother? Have you become so comfortable with this monstrosity in Pakistan that now it's no big deal? What are you and fellow pakistanis doing to prevent this type of stuff from happening? It is your responsiblilty as living citizens of that country to try and stop this injustice by working together. Going around and eating KFC and blaming others without actively doing anything is not going to help anyone. I myself have not been back to Sialkot for 15 years and now I am in doubt should I even consider it. The Prophet (pbuh) said: A man was struck with a whip and his grave was filled with fire because he offered a single prayer without having purified himself, and he passed by one who was being wronged and DID NOT help him (Tahawi).

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Was and Will be ONLY an Acquaintance | 14 years ago | Reply All followers of Javed Ghamidi, please read: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14821392/Javed-Ghamdi-Exposed

Arsal | 14 years ago | Reply what has this gotta to do with Sialkot? This incident happened in the outskirts of the city, where people are generally illiterate. These things happens all the time in Pakistan, only this time, its been recorded and shown on TV. So please, don't blame this on Sialkot, if you want to blame it on someone then blame it on those parents and teachers and mullahs that teaches such kind of violence to their children, students and followers. By the way, I'm too from Sialkot and I'm still proud of my city. Good Day to Everyone!!!

Shariq Khan | 14 years ago | Reply very true indeed!!! and the police is equally as guilty as the mob and most of all the man with camera who had sense to make videos of persons dying but no sense to make a try to save them. I don't have words to express my feelings.

Zahida | 14 years ago | Reply When too much evil acts has been ignored for too long, the nation become so used to living with barbarian mentality. They need drama, excitements, and want to act as heroes in the streets just like as they watch in Indian movies days and nights numbing people's minds how to treat bad people to become heroes of your community. This event shows how anyone can call any other an evil and gives others permission and opportunity to act just like Indian movies without law. I cannot imagine as a mother how I feel if I see someone just hit or just slap my child, but the ways these two innocents kids were tortured, I am numb, there are no words that can describe the pain and nor I I can imagine the pain of the mother and family members. How thes e police officers could just stood there just stood there Is that what I saw? , I am still in shock and still in disbelieve. How could these police officers just stood there? These are the moments in Pakistan history where historians will write this country as Hitler of today’s' society. Many were killed and other just participates and just stood and watched.

amna | 14 years ago | Reply i myself belong to sialkot n nw em ashamed to be a sialkoti....:(i hvnt seen such a brutal act in my entire life..i jz cant understAND this we hv just seen d videos and we r sleepless and restless and will remain till the time those boys will get justice..were those ppl were really humans who were standinding there n watching those animals brutally beating the boys..how come they r peaceful n y they r..?:(

javeria | 14 years ago | Reply i have no words for animals

Ayesha | 14 years ago | Reply We are all ashamed of being Pakistani, even human beings, this tragedy cannot be described in words........

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