It was the most shameful day in our lives when a pregnant
woman was stoned to death right inside a court in Lahore where she had come for
hearing with her husband. And the act was not that of an individual – but by almost
two dozen (twenty to be exact) who came en masse to do this ‘noble act’ as
decided by the family to put an end to their daughter’s life in the name of
honour.
A sad end to a love marriage – but a bitter reality wherein
a woman is stoned to death in broad day light and police and onlooker just kept
watching her dying – silently. We have come to this state of our lives when a
wrong does not seem to have any effect on us anymore. We see crime being
committed but instead of stopping it we either watch the scene silently or some
of us have the guts to make a movie on their cell phones.
I have not seen any officer resigning in shame or being held
for allowing this gruesome act to be continued. Where did those black coats
hide who mint money form people in the name of justice or march on streets
politically bribed? Why did not even one person, be it a spectator, police or
black coat come forward and helped the dying woman?
I know many well get away and not even questioned for their
inability to arrest a situation – and this apathy allow such incidents to
continue happening in our everyday life. Are we really dead with no conscious?
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