Recently, there has been a news report that an ailing son of a militant has died in a jail at Peshawar. He was the son of Dawlat Shah, a member of Lashkar-e-Islam. It was further reported that the boy was of 16 years, had no charges of terrorism against him and was only being held in connection with his father. He was suffering from kidney disease and died due to non-availability of treatment facilities, even the request by his family to release him were rejected.
I want to appeal as a concerned citizen that we should not fall down to the level of these terrorists. We should show them that we have high moral values, we do not target the innocents, we do not exploit their families and we have more value for life and honour.
YASIR HAMEED
Islamabad
