Blood, yes blood, moves history but how much of blood is required to move history in Pakistan? Terrorists in many shapes and hidden garbs have killed thousands of innocents in all kinds of places, ceremonies, occasions and areas, including Karachi and other cities. The number of victims is alarming and to top it all the victims are innocent, harmless citizens. The victims carry no grudge or animosity or even involvement in politics or religions. The worst is that they do not even know why they have been killed. Families are ruined. Thousands have lost their limbs and are incapacitated permanently.
The quantity of bloodshed may not have yet reached the scale that Martin Luther may have in mind when he said gave his statement that ‘blood alone moves history’, but the innocence that this blood contains is the same for all. When will our history move? A politician did not even wait for the burial of 80 odd Peshawar victims and said: ‘The dialogue with terrorists must go on.’ Should we talk to a serial killer and serve him a cup of tea? Should we have a dialogue with the rapists of four-, six- and eight-year-old girls and serve them with an apple juice?
Let us get out of this dirty political game for a while. Let a massive blow be served to these people. Let us give blood to save bloodshed we have on our records.
AMJAD HABIB MIRZA
Lahore