At this point all sorts of thoughts float through the politics of this. Why did this happen? Why was it not stopped? What could have been done to stop this senseless murder? Maybe she should not have come back? Who did this? What will this mean for the elections? What will this mean for the PPP? What will this mean for Gen. Musharraf? What will this mean for Pakistan? But all of these are paled by thoughts about Benazir as a person. The woman. The wife. The mother. The human being. What about her?
Adil Najam captures best the mood of the moment, and not just in Pakistan, when he says:
Linked by kuffir. Join Blogbharti facebook group.Today, in shock, I can think only of Benazir Bhutto the human being. Tomorrow, maybe, I will think of politics.
Big Set Back to Pakistani People
This is an extremely big unfortunate time for Pakistanis. If not a death of the hope of the Pakistanis who were looking forward to re-establishment of constitution and prevailing of democracy. Today, Pakistani youth is considering itself an orphan. How dark mist it is for a country! Benazir Bhutto, whose entire family had struggled their entire life in fighting with religious extremists, is killed in the same mode. She was quite young when in 1979 his father was punished with a death sentence. In 1986, his brother Shah Nawaz was given poison under a conspiracy. In 1996, his another brother was shot-dead. And now, extremists has killed her.
Pakistanis are well aware of Musharraf regime. In present time, who can better understand the scenario of dictatorship other than Pakistani who suffered a period of 7 years! People were waiting for a change and expecting Benazir Bhutto as a hope for Pakistan since Nawaz Shareef was facing Court-Trial and was retrenched from his candidature for the Post of Prime Minister. But her come-back from UK has put her to death.
Whatever the case may be, the bitter truth Pakistan is facing now is the death of “the daughter of Asia”. A daring lady who worked for human rights and got the award for her work in 1988.
Infact, Pakistan is badly in need of democracy. It could have experience far better results with a female representative who could be elected by the people of pakistan. Musharraf, who does not have any experience of running a nation but to handle an Army is doing everything as if all the time has to live at front. He never though that to fight with the problem of masses need other practicalities. It is not the people with whom the fight has to be done but it is with their problems. He has to understand that the way to collective progress goes through democracy. You can not impose your view point on people.
Presently, Pakistan is terribly going down in economic progress. Almost half of the budget goes in the name of strengthening army. His concentration always remained on how to fight with India and to strengthen ISI, however, the situation of human rights is terribly poor. In every half an hour, Pakistan experience a fair-sex rape. When asked from Musharraf, he answered very proudly that this is our internal matter whereas to put money on buying weapons is more important because he feels if he does not do so India will take over Pakistan on the very next day. Here comes the importance of vision, which Musharaff does not have. Benazir Bhutto could have a best option to stay in opposition and influence Musharraf regime, but now she is no more. Pakistan is now without her active daughter and suddenly a dark fog has appeared in front of a democratic uptopia. The whole world now is looking at the next move of Pakistan but at the same time the whole world is standing with her in this sympathetic situation. This is, in deed, a wake up call for the people of Pakistan. A collective effort has to be made to make this fog disappear.
I think it is sad but true that violence has always been associated with governance the seats of power in South Asia. Remember the intrigues associate with the Mughal throne every time the incumbent died ? Well, not much has changed. Democracy is too slow and takes too long to deliver for those who are impatient.