In memory of Hamza Ahmed

Height of education 'was' tolerance:

This happens to be the third consecutive post by me that talks about human life. It's losing value. People are losing life like it ain't any big deal. Just a single bullet down the chest and your journey in this world ends.

This is what happens when you put all your focus on Musharraf and pass verdicts within days and ignore actual issues that need to be addressed. It's not just the politicians that are at fault, the judiciary is equally complicit. Beloved Chief Justice is too darn engaged planning his revenge moves against Musharraf to do something. Shahzaib's case was supposed to, and should have, set an example of justice served. As long as we keep turning a blind eye and eventually forgetting and ignoring these cases, they WILL continue to happen.

Like it or not, accept it or not, Hamza's murder IS on judiciary's hands. The blood is on their hands because they love to be in the front line to quack and take sou moto notices of Waheeda Shah's slap and Atiqa Odho's liquor, but consistently, perhaps deliberately, fail to address issues of life and death, issues of cold-blooded murders, issues that actually matter and pertain to the 'awaam'.

After what has happened with Hamza, I can only deduce that this country needs divine intervention. Perhaps, no leader, no constitution and no degree of democracy can possibly restore the lost sentiment of something as precious and irreplaceable as HUMAN LIFE.

On a personal level, what's more to this entire accident is the fact that human tolerance has de-escalated to zero. Teenagers usually contain a strip of short fuse. But what saddens me is that such impertinent and inhumane activities are projected as a status symbol by parents. Who, in fact, should be the force to condemn these.

Hamza's death could be considered as JUST another death in this slaughter house, that is, rightly called, "Karachi", since so many innocent lives are doomed across the city everyday. But what makes Hamza's demise even more tragic is how he has been assassinated. Security guards, instead of expounding safety, security, discipline and morals are becoming aid to irreverence.

Corruption has seeped into every living bone of Pakistan. It has attacked the majority like an infection beyond immunity. Who will restore peace? Who will fight these scoundrels? Is there any hope? Hope was in the youngsters. Unfortunately, they are promoting massive iniquity. Eradication of evil has become extinct. There is no manifestation of truth, peace and tolerance.

At a broader level, the common man doesn't give a rat's posterior about Musharraf violating the constitution. You want to pass verdicts on that, go ahead. But if you give that priority over cases like Hamza, you really don't deserve the position you're sitting on because you're simply not mentally fit to lead at that position.

Killing one innocent life equals to killing an entire mankind. My soul feels mutilated. In the corner of my heart is a tombstone that is devoid of the slightest hope.

Rest in peace Hamza.