Source : Jay’s Toons

In addition to this, Karachi Traders Association (KTA) and Karachi Road Transport Association (KRTA) have also decided to keep the markets closed and public transport off the roads. Since morning transport has been scanty and markets and petrol pumps are closed.

Few incidents of firing have been reported in Golimar and Baldia resulting in deaths / injuries. Since morning July 08 youngsters have been observed stopping vehicular movement in Gulshan, Bahadurabad, Clifton, DHA Korangi Road, PECHS, Shaheed Millat Road, Garden F.B. Area, Azizabad, Nazimabad and North Nazimabad, therefore, play safe by restricting movements.

Minutes later reports of violence, firing and unrest started to pour in. I called in and smsed several of my friends, cousins, asking where their they were, updating them of the cities situation and hoping they reach home safe and sound. My eyes glued to the TV, panicking at every incident which would take place somewhere, some place near their possible path. My trauma lasted over an hour before everyone I was in touch  with was home safe.

Exhausted by the time I dosed off for an hour, when I woke up I realized that the trauma and misery of the city had continued and had actually gotten worst. Over 9 vehicles were being reported to have been set ablaze, there was a report that one of the car was burnt with the driver still inside. Several were injured in this spell of violence, many other effected as terror prevailed taking away the peace of mind of the citizens of the city.

At a time when 14 million people of the country have been effected, rendered homeless by the floods in the country. Every day epidemics, and harsh situation these homeless people are faced with are taking them more vulnerable, more fragile more difficult to survive another day. At a time we should be out there collecting funds and sending help to these millions of people who need us but we are too busy killing one another bringing city to a halt, forcing people to stop their businesses, interrupting their routine forcing them to stay home fearing for their lives and that of their loved ones day in day out.

This city of lights is becoming more and more heartless, it wont let us do much for the flood victims, for other fellow human beings, it will just keep us busy worrying sick for our safety and that of our loved ones. It will keep us crippled till we either become heartless like the city its self, or rise to rebel and revolt anyone and every one who tries to terrorize us.

in the mean while the girl’s mother too was back from the medical story, and now they were walking away to get a rickshaw for their next destination.

if you may have realized, i am not at all a well built person, actually i am quite skinny, and was no match for these culprits, but what scared them was the feat that if i could have raised alarm, and the shop keepers and passers by would probably have beaten the crap out of him.

people keep asking me how they can bring a change in the society, i tell you, It takes not much to do so, if you want to see a change, the next time you spot a man gazing a women, ask him out loud what his problem is. If you are a men looking at this culprit alone will be enough to get him back to his senses. Be the change you want, feel and take the responsibility of the society you are a part of, and you will see the change coming.

Even natural disasters are showing their pity on us; the people of Karachi, but we ?  Not – Just – Yet, we need more blood.

Sabra was a maid and her husband was killed in a bomb blast some years back in Karachi, leaving behind all the responsibilities of their only son on his wife’s frail shoulders but she didn’t  gave-up and worked endlessly day and night from house to house, and even got her son enrolled in a privet school. Her dream was to see her son as a doctor.

For three years, she struggled hard and with all her might, held straight and remained strong for her son, who was now in class 4. but then one unfortunate afternoon her son never returned home from the school. She looked for him every where, the police was contacted but days passed and then after over a week someone told her about a “BABA” a spiritual healer or tantrik or so called Buzurg somewhere in the Sadar area who could help her find her child.

sabra who by now had almost completely lost her hope thought this might be her only way to re-united with her lost child so she went to this BABA who told the women that her child was alive and has been kept captive in a house but to tell the location he demanded a lac rupees within seven days, he predicted that the captives might kill the child or move him to a different location after that period of time so she has to be quick in bringing him the money.

This women still didn’t gave up and went door to door begging for money but in seven days she could only manage to sum up an amount of a little more then sixty thousand rupee, She went to the BABA with the money she had collected but was returned being told to bring the remaining amount so a Chillah (Ritual) could take place to find her son. After two days Sabra returned to BABA with another installment of money she was still a twenty thousand short. but this time The BABA kept the money and told her to visit him again, day after at night.

That night when she went back to this BABA she was told that she was too late to bring him the money, and his Chillah (Ritual) relieved that her son has been killed. The news was such a shock to this women that for days she remained in her little hut and when she finally appeared she had already lost her mental balance. since then she lives on the streets, and eats from the garbage, she often shrieks in mad rage,ripping apart her clothes and shouting all sorts of foul words.

It has been several months now since i had seen Sabra sitting on that garbage heap, but today i don’t know why i have been thinking of her all day, i don’t know why i felt she needed a mention on this Women’s day today, i don’t know how many others like her are on our streets or in rehabilitation centers. I don’t know but i know that she was not someone who would have given-up so easily Only if she was given a fair chance. i am sorry Sabra you tried your very best but we all failed you.

Our media which has done a good job in acting like a surgeon to debate each and every legal/political point is less bothered about these target killings. May be they do not want to take the wrath of the players involved or may be this is not an “attractive package” at the moment. In any case, this is a very very disturbing trend. At one hand it follows the murder of a girl and a Colonel in Punjab like a National Security issue but on other hand it is absolutely mum on the many dozen killings in mini-Pakistan.