Just like Madame Defarge of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ silently kept knitting the registry of all those condemned to death and punishment, when the simple and humble peasants eventually rise to the massacre of the oppressors, the nature is writing down all the names and crimes of the feudals acting as pharaohs in the land of the pure. Just as the ‘bloody red queen’ of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland uses pigs as her foot rest, flamingo as a mallet, hedgehog as her croquet ball and monkeys as her throne support, feudals in Pakistan enslave the commoners and treat them like animals. You annoy them slightly and the verdict comes ‘Off with his head’ and job done. Remember the pharaoh who said to Moses ‘I give life and I give death’. These are no different.
An excerpt from “We are all Shahzeb Khan“ by Aisha Aijaz
Updates:
17th January, 2013
9th January, 2013
- News reports surface about Shahrukh Jatoi escaping to US from Dubai.
-Shahzeb’s father, DSP Aurangzeb Khan says that Shahrukh is under custody in Dubai. Due to the sensitive nature of where he was found in Dubai, the FIA and police are delaying his arrival process.
8th January, 2013
- Shahrukh Jatoi, the prime accused in the murder of Shahzeb Khan was arrested in Dubai with assistance from Interpol and Dubai CID authorities.
- Police is likely to arrive in Pakistan within next 24hours.
7th January, 2013
- Shahzeb’s Facebook Page has demanded a formal apology from Pakistan Today for trying to sabotage a Movement For Justice.
- A stark reflection of YELLOW JOURNALISM in Pakistan.
- A stark reflection of YELLOW JOURNALISM in Pakistan.
-After immense outrage by supporters on Social media, (Facebook, Twitter). Pakistan Today has taken down the “fake story” about Shahzeb’s father.
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