Like Muslims around the globe, the Muslims in Pakistan will be celebrating Eid-ul-Azha on 10th of Zul-Hajj with traditional religious zeal and fervour. But unfortunately, more than eight million rain and flood-affected people in twenty one lower and upper Sindh districts, many of them still marooned, will not be celebrating their Eid with traditional fervour and solemnity. They will have their “miserable” Eid under the open sky camping on roads and sand dunes. They will not be visiting their families and friends to wish them ‘Eid Mubarak’ and exchange Eid gifts with them. They have not even a single penny to purchase anything to cook on this auspicious day and meet the demands of their innocent little children who may be asking them for new clothes to wear on Eid day.
Unfortunately, the elected representatives are not seen anywhere – when they have not bothered to come and console them in their hour of trial and tribulation, how can one expect them to do so on this great religious day of sacrifice. Many victim families are reported to be starving so what to speak of celebrations. Let’s behave and act like human beings; let’s do the work of the deputies of the Lord on earth and make these ill-fated people celebrate their Eid like other Muslims.
HASHIM ABRO
Islamabad
