While over hundred innocent citizens of Pakistan were massacred, our electronic media continued to give coverage to telephonic address of a politician, who inspite of holding power for over two decades was justifying his dual nationality and in the process maligning the father of the nation. The primetime political talk shows were too engrossed with either this drone attack of the UK-based powerful politician or with the long march by a Canadian national, while major political parties in power and in opposition were too busy discussing their political strategies. All that matters to these people is power politics and perks and abuses of power that political office or paid public service offers them.
Have we as a nation become immune to uncalled for massacres of our citizens, being butchered ruthlessly and all that this tragic news merited was taped display by most television stations, or in some cases a breaking news of few minutes. It is shocking that conscience of our ruling elite is either in hibernation, or has become immune to basic humane values, morals and feelings. In contrast to this, when 22 innocent children and six adults were massacred by a mentally disturbed man in Connecticut, USA, the whole nation was in shock and for days this was the only major news, while the political executive, members of Congress, civil society and media were engrossed with this tragedy.
President Obama, the most powerful leader of the world was in tears and he suspended all his other official assignments and chose to visit the small town and personally condoled with relatives of each victim separately. The US national flag was in half mast. There was an inter-faith service to mourn these deaths in that small town and President Obama was personally present there. Even the impending fiscal cliff issue which was a key major political issue for their economy was put on backstage.
