It is late in the night here and more than a day has passed since BB was killed in a successful attempt at her life. I have been reading all kinds and all sorts of reactions to her sudden but much expected death, however unwanted it stands, though.
I think our nation is very superstitious and takes up incidences to always be part of a greater plot or a conspiracy. But more than that whenever someone dies he or she is always cast into a very heavenly light forgoing all their misdeeds and misgivings in their life. Benazir and her husband plundered this nation during her rule in the 90's, but when time came of her death 144 million people of this country forgot everything bad about her and started showering all kinds of praise as if she were an angel bestowed on this country. This attitude is really annoying for me. More so when we praise her after her death and then feel it a necessity to classify our comments by the phrase that we never liked her when she was alive or that we never felt attracted to her agenda when she was breathing the same air as we are now. I think all of us make these statements to rid our conscience of the guilt that builds in us when we do something that we really don't want to do or maybe we really should not do but do just to be part of the news.
We must learn to be objective in our actions and our thought. She is just as dead as any dead man, no more no less.
Don't get me any wrong. At times i have been a huge fan of her father and herself as well. I really think that her death has been a huge blow to the forces of moderation and progress in the country. I think she was a charismatic leader who could have lead us out of the turmoil with her keen foresight and ability to make things happen. She was widely accepted as the voice of moderation and reason within and without the country. Had it not been for her husband she would have made an excellent leader in her previous terms. This time around she seemed more independent and brushed up. But fate had something else in store for her.
Her death was unwanted and very violent but so was the death of all 24 people around her that no one seems to remember at all. Were they lesser humans or were they not humans at all?
Now who benefits from her death? I think almost everyone gets the piece of the cake right from her crooked husband to major world powers and dissidents inside and outside the country. It is only the country and the poor people of Pakistan who are hurt, as always and it is them who will have to suffer the consequences, come what may!
I think our nation is very superstitious and takes up incidences to always be part of a greater plot or a conspiracy. But more than that whenever someone dies he or she is always cast into a very heavenly light forgoing all their misdeeds and misgivings in their life. Benazir and her husband plundered this nation during her rule in the 90's, but when time came of her death 144 million people of this country forgot everything bad about her and started showering all kinds of praise as if she were an angel bestowed on this country. This attitude is really annoying for me. More so when we praise her after her death and then feel it a necessity to classify our comments by the phrase that we never liked her when she was alive or that we never felt attracted to her agenda when she was breathing the same air as we are now. I think all of us make these statements to rid our conscience of the guilt that builds in us when we do something that we really don't want to do or maybe we really should not do but do just to be part of the news.
We must learn to be objective in our actions and our thought. She is just as dead as any dead man, no more no less.
Don't get me any wrong. At times i have been a huge fan of her father and herself as well. I really think that her death has been a huge blow to the forces of moderation and progress in the country. I think she was a charismatic leader who could have lead us out of the turmoil with her keen foresight and ability to make things happen. She was widely accepted as the voice of moderation and reason within and without the country. Had it not been for her husband she would have made an excellent leader in her previous terms. This time around she seemed more independent and brushed up. But fate had something else in store for her.
Her death was unwanted and very violent but so was the death of all 24 people around her that no one seems to remember at all. Were they lesser humans or were they not humans at all?
Now who benefits from her death? I think almost everyone gets the piece of the cake right from her crooked husband to major world powers and dissidents inside and outside the country. It is only the country and the poor people of Pakistan who are hurt, as always and it is them who will have to suffer the consequences, come what may!
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