Do not be cruel rather too cruel any more!
Did you understand which I didn't? How many more days our valiant Pakistanis are to be trapped under tons of mountain of snow in Siachen valley to be eligible to get Presidential award is my only simple and very straight question not only to our worthy President Asif Ali Zardari but to all of those who read these lines? With no reference to their status, mere fact that they are buried since long, they rightfully qualify to be awarded but alas our President awarded many of his blue eyed ones on 23rd Mar but ignored them. I am also one of those who are also praying for safe return of all the whole lot so please do not impute me for anything me for anything to which I am not a party. Needless to mention blood family members of the ill fated who are trapped under snow are offering extra prayers and reciting Holy Quran almost on 24 hours basis. Their other relatives, colleagues, friends, class fellows and neighbors etc, to mention just a few, are also doing alike like their blood family members are doing and we as Muslims do believe that prayers are not unheard. As Muslims we very strongly believe that miracles do happen and history books are full of such like instances where each and everyone had lost hopes but still something unprecedented happened and we had to believe that Almighty Allah does miracles so from that point of view none of us whether male or female should lose the hopes rather on the contra our faith should become still the more stronger to let happen that which had been thought to be absolutely impossible.
Will they be honored and decorated by President Asif Ali Zardari or still ignored is yet to be seen but in few hours only and not days, weeks, months and years? However, let me pronounce very clearly and loudly that millions of people including Pakistanis and expatriates are thinking like me so let we prove ourselves as an honorable nation to earn laurels rather than curse but again the decision lies with him who is none but Head of the State.
Iqbal Hadi Zaidi
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