ISLAMABAD:
Roaming the world and family affairs kept top leaders of Pakistan away from terrorism victims, who celebrated a second consecutive Eid away from homes.
Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif was the only person to have spent Eidul Fitr with the displaced people in Bannu and Eidak as well as with the troops fighting militants in North Waziristan Agency, Khyber Agency and South Waziristan Agency.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family celebrated Eid with the Saudi royal family.
An estimated two million people left their homes and camped in various parts of the country after the military started an operation in the tribal areas. Unfortunately, political leaders expressed their sympathies only through their Eid messages.
“We thought that PM Sharif or Imran Khan would celebrate Eid with us in the camps, but no one visited us,” Rahmat Khan narrated over the phone from Bannu the plight of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) of North Waziristan.
Similar views were expressed by the parents of the victims killed by militants in December’s tragic attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan planned to celebrate Eid with the IDPs in Bannu, but he changed his mind. “Because of the weather, our flight to Bannu has been cancelled,” he posted on the micro-blogging website Twitter. “Sadly, we will not be able to celebrate Eid with the IDPs.”
We deserve such treatment from politicians because we always vote for the one who pays more on election day.
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