Fazal Survives Others Die
Fazal ur Rehman of JUI survived two bomb attacks one after the other on two consecutive days at two different places, though many in the rallies died and many others maimed for life. Our leaders seem to be too fond of displaying their political strength by holding rallies, little realizing that in doing so they offer the terrorists with an ideal situation of carrying out bomb and suicidal attacks. Late BB also - against the advice of the agencies - got more than 150 people killed in Karachi when her monumental rally was crawling at snail’s speed at that too at night time to Quaid’s mausoleum. She did it again in another gathering at Liaqat Bagh Rawalpindi where throwing caution to the winds she stood up in the cupola of the bullet proof car only to lose her own life. It is time our leaders realized that fool proof security measures cannot be arranged by anyone for their huge rallies for hours on end and that bomb attacks will take place on such lucrative targets come what may. They should, therefore, not expose their followers to such extreme dangers and instead address them on the TV, which would be seen and heard by many times more audience than their addressing them alive.
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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