by Asjad Khan
Who would rape a 4 year old? As I read this headline in a leading English newspaper a shiver ran through my veins. Lost for words, my mind was as blank as it ever could be. What kind psychopathic, crippled and sickened brain would even think of doing such an ugly act? Is just an out of the blue thing? I fear it’s not. The Era of Ignorance was much better then what it is now, at least the females were buried without being assaulted emotionally and physically. All the talk of “respect” is a whole lot of crap and hypocrisy. Statistics establish that the respect of a woman has gone and gone from its roots. Never a feminist myself, the more I got more into research on this disgusting issue the worse it got.
Coming back to the subject matter, I tried hard to come to terms with the reaction of the so called civil society and the booming free media but failed miserably to understand it. The media which screams up with one slightest sort of action against themselves completely fails to show any kind of significance on such a merciless act. The so called civil society which readies itself to go on long marches and be a target of potential suicide bombing fails to even register any sort of protest and dissent for it.
I will not put any blame on the government; they are too busy filling their own pockets. They can spend billions on just useless probe of killing of a former Prime Minister, but have no time or money to spend on such a ruthless act. What makes me wonders is the reaction of society of the once aimed for “Pak Sar zameen” – land of pure. I feel ashamed of being part such filthy and ego-centered society. With all due respect, the subject of Ms. Afia Siddiqui recently got more airtime than almost any other matter. The media, politicians, journalists and whole lot of other people are getting their personal benefits out of the helplessness of a woman. But what will they get for speaking up for a raped and dead 4 year old daughter of the nation (as they call it), this won’t sell would it? This won’t give them more commercials nor would it give them a US bashing session. They have their own agendas, do we the common man care about anything today? Have just not become a very self obsessed nation. Will ever we ask why this happening to us. Have we really become what we ought to be? I fear not.