Tuesday night was the unfortunate time when a storm hit DSP Aurangzeb Khan’s family and when it was over it took away the most precious and important thing from them; it was their only son “Shahzeb Khan” who committed a crime, an unpunishable sin to challenge unjust act of a feudal lord. Shahzeb was killed allegedly by Shahrukh Jatoi near Mubarak Masjid in DHA on Tuesday night. The killing resulted from a small argument he had with Nawab Siraj Talpur, when the latter’s servant verbally harassed his sister. Talpur and his friend, Jatoi, allegedly followed Shahzeb and shot him.
Though, electronic media did not cover the incident at the earliest. The family and friends of victim started a movement on social media which grabbed the attention of thousands of youngsters as a result of which hundreds of Shahzeb’s friends, supporters and sympathisers gathered outside Karachi Press Club, carrying banners from which his face smiled down upon everyone. When I, along with my friends visited his home for condolence I found an unusual feeling there. The family was grieved but they all were ready to fight against injustice. They all were charged to challenge big lords. His aunt told me that “he was my only nephew. I know he is not going to come back by our efforts but all we want is the shameful act should not be done again to kill another Shahzeb.”
I remember Sarfaraz Shah an unarmed young man murdered by security personnel in cold blood, though he was begging for his life when he was being cruelly dragged, Faizan Haider and Muhammad Fahim murdered by an American diplomat "Raymond Devis" and after that Fahim’s widow committed suicide to protest against injustice. Amid her sighs her feeble voice always knocks my mind: “We are poor. We will never get Justice. They are so influential people”. I haven’t forgotten Mughees and Muneeb, two innocent brothers who were beaten to death by the mob of beasts under police protection. These are shameful examples of injustice in our society. However Constitution of Pakistan says that: “No person shall be deprived of life or liberty, save in accordance with law.” (Article 09). Peace and Justice are two sides of same coin. You can never expect peace without bringing justice among people.
The ruling elite is unable to control this anarchy as they don't have the capability neither they do have will. Politicizing the misery of a family is not the aim. Our objective is "Justice for all". When i hugged Shahzeb's sister, it’s a tremendous feeling that she is courageously fighting for justice. It is the responsibility of each one of us to wake up and stand up to demand justice for one Shahzeb if we don’t want our Shahzebs to kill by some rich master just to satisfy his ego. Shahzeb was not just a person. He is the reflection of how our society is ruined and crushed by feudal lords. Feudal is a mindset killing our brothers, fathers, sons, ruining honor of our sisters and snatching happiness of our mothers. Why Pakistani citizens are supposed to kill by Drones, crushed on streets, kill in riots or blasts and if someone wants, he can kill them to claim his authority and prove himself God on the earth?
For me youth is the only hope for Pakistan. To get rid of ethnic and dynastic lords, we all have to join hands and do collective efforts. It might going to take decades as roots of feudalism are deeply penetrated in our society but one day our efforts will put a full stop to this imperialism inshallah. I have decided to stand up with Shahzeb’s family because I don’t want my Shahzebs to get away from me and want a secure society for them.
May Allah rest Shahzeb in peace, Ameen!
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