Almost all senior police officers posted in Rawalpindi have been removed today for they failed to prevent the unpleasant incidents, which took place on the tenth of Muharram. However, the policemen were not fools. They knew very well what to do--the punishment for slipping away from the scene or looking the other way is transfer/suspension but taking an action on the scene, which may result in hurting some of the miscreants, entails nothing but an FIR under section 307 or 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
And the orders will directly come from Mian Shahbaz Sharif who would be more than happy to scapegoat the state functionaries. Hence, the police force always goes for the first option.
This happens when the state falls.
Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, a professor at the University of Gujrat has been gunned down today alongwith his driver while on his way to the university. Nobody would act as an eye witness for that would tantamount to confronting the terrorists head-on.
This happens when the state falls.
Today, the hearing of the case of Wali Baber, the slain reporter of ‘Geo’ has been postponed till the 23rd of November as the judge went on leave. More importantly the criminal justice system shifted the case from Karachi to Kandhkot in view of threats to the lives of the investigators, witnesses and prosecution lawyers. All five eyewitnesses to the investigation of Babar's case had been murdered in cold blood one by one. Perhaps nobody would volunteer to be a witness when the system fails to give protection!
This happens when the state falls.
Is there a state where the functionaries of the state and the citizens look toward for protection and support? Or it has fragmented while part of it is at the back of the terrorists. Or the society is polarized while half of it is supportive of terrorist outfits.
Will there ever be unanimity of opinion, will and determination to fight terrorists who have almost hijacked the state?
No comments:
Post a Comment