The Massacre of Charity Workers in Pakistan

It was Oct- 2012, when militants gave open security threat to some media organizations working in Pakistan over the case of Malala Yusufzai. Which resulted in closing down of some offices across the country, many projects were closed down or stopped, people were fired and offices closed for unknown period of time.

Then, late Dec,2012 gave another sad news of brutal attack on polio team workers in Punjab and this caused big damage to anti-polio campaign, for which our country is really working hard to exit its name out of list of few countries in the world which are still facing polio.  The new team has again started working but under tight security conditions. It seems like the country itself is victim of polio…it feels as if we are limping now. The latest news about anti-polio campaigns in Peshawar says that due to insufficient security, the campaigns have been cancelled for an unknown period of time. Which on the other hand means, we must expect disabled generations in future!

This news was not yet out of the discussion, when the new year eve was telling story of another bloodshed in the serene beauty of district Swabi where seven charity workers including six women and a man working for a Pakistani health and education charity involved in vaccinations were shot dead on their way home from a community centre in Swabi district. The existence of militants in Swabi is another question that needs to be answered … but no one will ask this question  as answer is already known to all of us.

Today is 6^th Jan, 2013 when I am writing this blog. An unknown gunman shot two charity workers in Charsadda district. These unfortunate souls were working for education in Pakistan with a local organization.

This chain reaction of brutal killing of charity workers needs to be addressed sooner as possible. Nipping the evil in the bud is the dire demand of all of us, otherwise we will be lost into the dark ages of our time forever!