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Face of a suicide bomber
By Farzana Shah
Peshawar:
"Eidul Adha is being celebrated by people here but for us there are no festivities just like Eidul fitr and I am still hoping my son will come back, but he will never", wails, Shaheen Bano who’s only son Bilawal was killed in a suicide blast this January.
17-year-old Bilawal left his home for prayers at Imambargah Mirza Qasim Baig on 7th of Muharram on January 22 this year. He never returned.
A suicide bomber interrupted the prayers, killing eleven people, including Bilawal.
At least eleven people were reportedly killed and another 25, including two lady constables, injured when a teenage suicide bomber detonated explosives fastened around his body after entering the gate leading to the prayer hall of Mirza Qasim Baig Imambargah, which is located in Peshawar's Jangi Mohallah area, where around 90 people were present at the time.
Nine months later on Eidul Fiter, Bilawal’s mother waited for him, in the distant hope that may be he survived and will return. But he did not and now Eidul Adha has arrived but Bilawal is nowhere.
The family of Bilawal and other victim families of ongoing violence in NWFP are facing many difficulties ranging from economic woes to psychological affects which are hunting not only elders but specially the children of areas affected by terrorism.
Shaheen Bano, a school teacher by profession says "I heard a blast, gunshots and screams. We could not understand what had happened." She was the first one to reach the spot. “But I could not find where was my son”, she added.
The extreme grief and sorrow have even made Bilawal's younger sister speechless.
Hundreds of civilians, like Bilawal, have been the worst hit in the current spate of suicide blasts in the country.
So far this year, more than four hundred people have died in the province in terrorist attacks. More than 100 of these are in Peshawar, where three bombings alone have brought most of the damage.
Two hundred of them are civilians while over a hundred Frontier Constabulary, Police and army personnel.
On December 5, once again this ancient City of Peshawar once famous as City of Flowers, once again was rattled by a powerful bomb blast killing 36 people and leaving 100 injured.
The ongoing war on terror and the continued clashes between army and militants have added to the already unbearable plight of the civilian population.
The situation in conflict zones in FATA specially Bajaur is harrowing for more than one reason. On the one hand the population is facing a serious threat from militants and on the other hand military operation has compounded their miseries.
Since the operations against militants have been intensified in Swat and Bajaur agencies hundreds of the families have been internally displaced.
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, in the backdrop of the intensified military operation in tribal areas, 600,000 people are internally displaced to settle areas of the country. These innocent people suffered great human and materials losses. So far they migrated to Peshawar Kacha Garhi Camp for the survival of their families leaving their homes, properties, businesses and reached fearfully from their native areas.
In mid-September the Bajaur people re-started migrating to the safer places from their restive tribal agency as the security forces intensified military operation against militants.
Earlier, hundred of thousands of Bajaur tribespersons had moved to different districts of the province, including Dir, Buner, Mardan, Nowshera, etc. However, some of them went back to their homes after the government announced to suspend operation during the holy month of Ramazan, which commenced on September 2 and ended on September 30, 2008.
Besides lack of living facilities at camps these internally displaced people specially women and children are suffering from severe psychological problem.
Statistics about IDPs
The government established eight camps for IDPs in different parts of the Frontier province. Details about the names and families accommodated in these camps are as follow:
Kacha Garhi Camp Peshawar
Families Individuals Total
875 5262 5262
Palosa Camp Charsadda
Families Individuals Total
554 3878 3878
Benazir Camp Risalpur(Nowshera District)
Families Individuals Total
399 2613 2613
Shiekh Yaseen Camp Mardan
Families Individuals Total
502 3341 3341
Khungay Camp Timergara (Lower Dir)
Families Individuals Total
880 6260 6260
Samarbagh Stadium Camp (Dir)
Families Individuals Total
536 4549 4549
Degree College Stadium Camp in Dir
Families Individuals Total
126 904 904
Degree College Timergara(Lower Dir)
Families Individuals Total
364 2844 2844
Total Families Grand Total of Individuals
4236 29,651
(The above-mentioned data was attained from the office of Commissioner Afghan Refugees (CAR), Peshawar, on October 14, 2008)
Psychological Problems of IDPS - specially children
IDPs especially children and youth are suffering from many psychological problems especially severe depression. They all are very frustrated due to their homelessness and lack of shelter, food stuff and water.
The most common problem among the Bajaur violence affected children is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are suffering from nightmares, flashbacks of that bombarded area of Bajaur.
“During our visit to the camps we have found the children having some worst kind of psychological disorders. They have sleep problem due to nightmares. The bombing have made them fearful of everything around them. By looking at them we noticed that they are most of the time thinking about the future, lack of interest had developed in these children which can be noticed by seriousness on their faces”, says Jamila Zaman, a Psychologist working with a local NGO that is working for the psychological treatment of affected families.
According to parents their children start crying and screaming even they hear a loud voice like that of a passing heavy vehicle as the camp in Kacha Ghari situated on the main road which witnesses a heavy traffic.
The number of women and children suffering from depression and trauma has increased alarmingly among of violence-hit families.
According to Sarhad Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases (SHPD) estimated 100,000 psychiatric cases had been reported from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Swat, Tank, Hangu, Darra Adamkhel and other areas hit by violence.
Psychiatrists at the three teaching hospitals of the Peshawar also confirmed that the number of psychiatric patients in the violence-wracked areas had been increasing with an alarming rate.
Psychologist Jamila Zaman says due to exposure to high levels of violence in conflict areas, anxiety and mistrust had become common ailments among residents of the conflict zones.
Many women and children brought to the city had complained of recurring nightmares of blood-splattered bodies and families living in destitution after losing their homes in the violence besides they are facing relapses.
Grieved mother:
Musarat Bibi, a young mother of 3, resident of Charmang areas of Bajaur is one of the most grieved women among Bajaur affected people at Kacha Garhi camp for IDPs in Peshawar.
Her ordeal is another heart wrenching story; the six-month old baby of Musarh Bibi was left behind in hurry when she along with her family fled the violence-hit Bajaur agency last month.
“The shelling from both military as well as militants was continued against each other when there was an announcement from military asking people to leave the agency as big offensive against militants was in the offing. My family immediately left the house amid heavy shelling. As we reached halfway I remembered my six-month old baby was left in the jhoola (cradle) but despite my wailing we could not go back to pick my baby” Musarat Bibi lamented while sobbing.
Another IDP, Tahir Gul of Tehsil Khar expressing his agony said that people are under constant mental agony. A general feeling of despondency, uncertainty and confusion is prevailing among the people of Bajaur agency. “People in our area have not only lost their family members but their houses have also been reduced to ashes and dust. There is no job security. We can’t run our businesses or open shops, thus no peaceful future for our children. I don’t know where to take them.” Confusion and disappointment are written on the faces of the people. The people of Bajaur have been displaced and are not even finding enough space in tented camps to accommodate their families comfortably.
With start of chilling winter, the problems of these people have doubled and unfortunately in the heat recent unfortunate development between Pakistan and India, these IDPs have been ignored badly.
Unaccompanied/separated children at IDPs camps:
There are about 49 unaccompanied children at the Kacha Garhi camp Peshawar for IDPs.
They are all alone without any relative around besides 51 children are separated who’s parents are sheltered in some other camps while they are at Peshawar camp.
There is no adequate security for these IDPs in these camps specially the children are at greater risk of kidnapping and child trafficking.
Safety measures have not being taken seriously yet. Although local police station have paid their visit to the blatant area of Peshawar region but no policeman was present for the security purposes. However FC platoon is expected to handle the current situation in near future. People expressed their views that we don’t need anything from govt except security and protection of their families because some unfamiliar persons are roaming around the camps for many days. An incident came into sight few days back told by an IDP when two camp’s possessions, groceries, household utensils were plundered. Consequently, they are bound to stay in their camps.
We had already witnessed kidnapping of many girls from such camps when the deadly earthquake struck Pakistan’s northern areas and Azad Kashmir on October 8, 2005.
Without appropriate security the unaccompanied as well as other children at these camps for IDPs are highly prone to kidnapping and specially in the wake of current wave of suicide blasts where small and teenage boys have been used by the militants for this purpose, the danger is more severe.
Tasawar Khan, the chief executive of an NGO Dosti Pakistan who had visited the Kacha Garhi camp along with team of Psychiatrists expressed the fear that militants can take advantage of the sufferings of the people affected by ongoing clashes.
He said that it was very easy for the militants to lure teenage boys -- who have lost families in ongoing operation-- for becoming their tool for suicide bombing as revenge against the government and military.
He is a boy, hardly 15, illiterate and brain washed and trained to be a ruthless killing machine to carry out suicide attacks against citizens, State and armed forces of Pakistan. Have a look at him closely. This is the face of a suicide bomber, caught before he could detonate. Many like him are being trained and equipped in camps run by militants. This is the ruthless cocktail Pakistan is fighting today.
The question is, are we not closing our eyes towards looming danger. By not providing adequate security to the IDPs and specially children coupled with basic facilities.
Does US/ NATO aware of the dangerous end result of their pressure on Pakistan for doing more??
Are they ready to face a new crop of suicide bombers going to breed as a result of US drone bombing in FATA ???
Background of the Crisis
Operation against terrorism first started in Waziristan Agency in late 2006 and is continued to put leash on growing influence of local Taliban in other agencies too. Eradicate the extremism and terrorism from northern far flung areas of NWFP was the foremost objective to control the political turmoil in the state as well. Because this was the gateway for terrorist to penetrate in state easily and generate mayhem for the country and people. Islam was not the issue in tribal areas because the tribesmen were traditionally religious and religiously traditional. But Bajaur Agency has become a war zone for the last few months
Bajaur, one of the smallest but most fertile belts of seven tribal agencies, bordering Pakistan with Afghanistan, presents dreadful picture of chaos and destruction these days.
The government has launched military drive against Taliban militants in the agency.
If present situation was not handled with sincerity the war can get worse in FATA”, it was on the record that civilian casualties in Bajaur are much more as compare to Taliban loses.
Army on the special directives of the present elected government PPP and ANP both has started a drastic military operation to smoke out militants both foreign and local from the Bajaur Agency. Both army and the militants have suffered great human and material losses in Bajaur Agency. The common civilians especially children, tribal women and old people have suffered very much. Their young generation got a set back as most of the educational facilities were destroyed by the militants and remaining in shelling.
The ongoing clash has caused serious problems for the common people of Bajaur Agency who have been displaced. The refugees of Bajaur Agency are crying for help and basic facilities at their camps but all cries fall on deaf ears.
When the operation was intensified in tribal belt and mortar shells start pounding civilian abodes, the fighting forced more than 600,000 inhabitants to leave their homes, in what has been described as the greatest displacement in Pakistan's history.
This situation was really very atrocious in its nature, which not only effects the lives of innocent people but also a set back for the future of their young generation. The estimate of casualties ran into the hundreds. However after several days of army offensive to crush Taliban forces in Bajaur, majority of these people had migrated to Mardan district and some have taken refuge in the homes of their relatives. A very rare number of these internally displaced persons (IDPs) have selected the government established camps. Ironically people left their homes in a single cloths and looking forward for government assistance.
But the government miserably failed to provide them relief as the situation of relief in the government run camps is pathetic.
There is shortage of food, drinking water, water sanitation problem and so on. They are grieved to much extent for their migration due to which they are feeling dishonored at various refugees camp. They have also been pushed back economically.
Haji Moeen, an elderly man of 80 years from Nagay Rashakai area of Khar Tehsil of Bajaur Agency, said that govt did nothing notable for their relief. We left our homes in single cloths. We are very much grieved upon the situation because we people don’t have money, earning sources and lacking facilities. We are not given stove and for this reason how do we cook and feed to our children. We are counting our remaining days of life at what time we would be able to go back to our areas. Children don’t have their schools, earning class doesn’t have businesses and shops therefore, in such a condition how does a person can continue to exist for unidentified period of time.
Aziz ur Rehman, (24) an energetic person from Charmung, said he had nothing to do with the question that the military operation was needed or not but government should come forward and extend us a helping hand to help our brethren in this hour of trial. A lot of civilian construction came under the massive attacks of gunship helicopters where hundred of armed Taliban remained unscathed during the whole operation. He said “We have become sandwich between the military forces and insurgents. We don’t need fight but peace is our main precedence.”
The ongoing clash on the one hand caused serious problems for the common people of Bajaur Agency who have been displaced while on the other hand terrorists blowing themselves and killing innocent people, constitute not only a threat to the fledgling democracy but also to the country's sovereignty. If such acts are not countered through persuasion or force, they would lead to total destabilization of Pakistan.
This is time for our politicians to comprehend the delicacy and precariousness of prevailing danger to our integrity. We are at a crossroad where we have to take a very firm decision on eradicating Taliban and terrorists. At this crucial juncture of our history we have to decide how to keep Pakistan integrated and eliminate our enemies once for ever. People have started implementing the rule of force instead of law. All this has contributed to further exhausting the level of patience.
On the contrary if we failed to control the situation in time and the current situation persists, within few months there will more internally displaced persons living in makeshifts camps in the rest of the country.
In addition there will be thousands of emotionally and mentally unstable persons specially teenage boys available to anyone who can convince them for suicide bombing in the name of Jehad. The net result is an escalation of violence in all parts of the country.
"We are seeing more blasts, other mothers will have the same fate like mine. What is happening in Pakistan, those who are doing it are not Muslims? I don't know what kind of people are they? I still wait for my Bilawal and I am sure he will come back one day." Shaheen Bano, Bilawals' mother still hoping for return of her dead son.
Hundreds of civilians, like Bilawal, have been the worst hit in the current spate of suicide blasts in the country.
Are we going to create more teenage suicide bombers and teenage victims of these blasts like Bilawal? -- Whose mothers have nothing to celebrate just tears and unanswered questions on this Eid too.
- Asian Tribune -
Face of a suicide bomber
By Farzana Shah
Peshawar:
"Eidul Adha is being celebrated by people here but for us there are no festivities just like Eidul fitr and I am still hoping my son will come back, but he will never", wails, Shaheen Bano who’s only son Bilawal was killed in a suicide blast this January.
17-year-old Bilawal left his home for prayers at Imambargah Mirza Qasim Baig on 7th of Muharram on January 22 this year. He never returned.
A suicide bomber interrupted the prayers, killing eleven people, including Bilawal.
At least eleven people were reportedly killed and another 25, including two lady constables, injured when a teenage suicide bomber detonated explosives fastened around his body after entering the gate leading to the prayer hall of Mirza Qasim Baig Imambargah, which is located in Peshawar's Jangi Mohallah area, where around 90 people were present at the time.
Nine months later on Eidul Fiter, Bilawal’s mother waited for him, in the distant hope that may be he survived and will return. But he did not and now Eidul Adha has arrived but Bilawal is nowhere.
The family of Bilawal and other victim families of ongoing violence in NWFP are facing many difficulties ranging from economic woes to psychological affects which are hunting not only elders but specially the children of areas affected by terrorism.
Shaheen Bano, a school teacher by profession says "I heard a blast, gunshots and screams. We could not understand what had happened." She was the first one to reach the spot. “But I could not find where was my son”, she added.
The extreme grief and sorrow have even made Bilawal's younger sister speechless.
Hundreds of civilians, like Bilawal, have been the worst hit in the current spate of suicide blasts in the country.
So far this year, more than four hundred people have died in the province in terrorist attacks. More than 100 of these are in Peshawar, where three bombings alone have brought most of the damage.
Two hundred of them are civilians while over a hundred Frontier Constabulary, Police and army personnel.
On December 5, once again this ancient City of Peshawar once famous as City of Flowers, once again was rattled by a powerful bomb blast killing 36 people and leaving 100 injured.
The ongoing war on terror and the continued clashes between army and militants have added to the already unbearable plight of the civilian population.
The situation in conflict zones in FATA specially Bajaur is harrowing for more than one reason. On the one hand the population is facing a serious threat from militants and on the other hand military operation has compounded their miseries.
Since the operations against militants have been intensified in Swat and Bajaur agencies hundreds of the families have been internally displaced.
For the first time in the history of Pakistan, in the backdrop of the intensified military operation in tribal areas, 600,000 people are internally displaced to settle areas of the country. These innocent people suffered great human and materials losses. So far they migrated to Peshawar Kacha Garhi Camp for the survival of their families leaving their homes, properties, businesses and reached fearfully from their native areas.
In mid-September the Bajaur people re-started migrating to the safer places from their restive tribal agency as the security forces intensified military operation against militants.
Earlier, hundred of thousands of Bajaur tribespersons had moved to different districts of the province, including Dir, Buner, Mardan, Nowshera, etc. However, some of them went back to their homes after the government announced to suspend operation during the holy month of Ramazan, which commenced on September 2 and ended on September 30, 2008.
Besides lack of living facilities at camps these internally displaced people specially women and children are suffering from severe psychological problem.
Statistics about IDPs
The government established eight camps for IDPs in different parts of the Frontier province. Details about the names and families accommodated in these camps are as follow:
Kacha Garhi Camp Peshawar
Families Individuals Total
875 5262 5262
Palosa Camp Charsadda
Families Individuals Total
554 3878 3878
Benazir Camp Risalpur(Nowshera District)
Families Individuals Total
399 2613 2613
Shiekh Yaseen Camp Mardan
Families Individuals Total
502 3341 3341
Khungay Camp Timergara (Lower Dir)
Families Individuals Total
880 6260 6260
Samarbagh Stadium Camp (Dir)
Families Individuals Total
536 4549 4549
Degree College Stadium Camp in Dir
Families Individuals Total
126 904 904
Degree College Timergara(Lower Dir)
Families Individuals Total
364 2844 2844
Total Families Grand Total of Individuals
4236 29,651
(The above-mentioned data was attained from the office of Commissioner Afghan Refugees (CAR), Peshawar, on October 14, 2008)
Psychological Problems of IDPS - specially children
IDPs especially children and youth are suffering from many psychological problems especially severe depression. They all are very frustrated due to their homelessness and lack of shelter, food stuff and water.
The most common problem among the Bajaur violence affected children is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are suffering from nightmares, flashbacks of that bombarded area of Bajaur.
“During our visit to the camps we have found the children having some worst kind of psychological disorders. They have sleep problem due to nightmares. The bombing have made them fearful of everything around them. By looking at them we noticed that they are most of the time thinking about the future, lack of interest had developed in these children which can be noticed by seriousness on their faces”, says Jamila Zaman, a Psychologist working with a local NGO that is working for the psychological treatment of affected families.
According to parents their children start crying and screaming even they hear a loud voice like that of a passing heavy vehicle as the camp in Kacha Ghari situated on the main road which witnesses a heavy traffic.
The number of women and children suffering from depression and trauma has increased alarmingly among of violence-hit families.
According to Sarhad Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases (SHPD) estimated 100,000 psychiatric cases had been reported from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Swat, Tank, Hangu, Darra Adamkhel and other areas hit by violence.
Psychiatrists at the three teaching hospitals of the Peshawar also confirmed that the number of psychiatric patients in the violence-wracked areas had been increasing with an alarming rate.
Psychologist Jamila Zaman says due to exposure to high levels of violence in conflict areas, anxiety and mistrust had become common ailments among residents of the conflict zones.
Many women and children brought to the city had complained of recurring nightmares of blood-splattered bodies and families living in destitution after losing their homes in the violence besides they are facing relapses.
Grieved mother:
Musarat Bibi, a young mother of 3, resident of Charmang areas of Bajaur is one of the most grieved women among Bajaur affected people at Kacha Garhi camp for IDPs in Peshawar.
Her ordeal is another heart wrenching story; the six-month old baby of Musarh Bibi was left behind in hurry when she along with her family fled the violence-hit Bajaur agency last month.
“The shelling from both military as well as militants was continued against each other when there was an announcement from military asking people to leave the agency as big offensive against militants was in the offing. My family immediately left the house amid heavy shelling. As we reached halfway I remembered my six-month old baby was left in the jhoola (cradle) but despite my wailing we could not go back to pick my baby” Musarat Bibi lamented while sobbing.
Another IDP, Tahir Gul of Tehsil Khar expressing his agony said that people are under constant mental agony. A general feeling of despondency, uncertainty and confusion is prevailing among the people of Bajaur agency. “People in our area have not only lost their family members but their houses have also been reduced to ashes and dust. There is no job security. We can’t run our businesses or open shops, thus no peaceful future for our children. I don’t know where to take them.” Confusion and disappointment are written on the faces of the people. The people of Bajaur have been displaced and are not even finding enough space in tented camps to accommodate their families comfortably.
With start of chilling winter, the problems of these people have doubled and unfortunately in the heat recent unfortunate development between Pakistan and India, these IDPs have been ignored badly.
Unaccompanied/separated children at IDPs camps:
There are about 49 unaccompanied children at the Kacha Garhi camp Peshawar for IDPs.
They are all alone without any relative around besides 51 children are separated who’s parents are sheltered in some other camps while they are at Peshawar camp.
There is no adequate security for these IDPs in these camps specially the children are at greater risk of kidnapping and child trafficking.
Safety measures have not being taken seriously yet. Although local police station have paid their visit to the blatant area of Peshawar region but no policeman was present for the security purposes. However FC platoon is expected to handle the current situation in near future. People expressed their views that we don’t need anything from govt except security and protection of their families because some unfamiliar persons are roaming around the camps for many days. An incident came into sight few days back told by an IDP when two camp’s possessions, groceries, household utensils were plundered. Consequently, they are bound to stay in their camps.
We had already witnessed kidnapping of many girls from such camps when the deadly earthquake struck Pakistan’s northern areas and Azad Kashmir on October 8, 2005.
Without appropriate security the unaccompanied as well as other children at these camps for IDPs are highly prone to kidnapping and specially in the wake of current wave of suicide blasts where small and teenage boys have been used by the militants for this purpose, the danger is more severe.
Tasawar Khan, the chief executive of an NGO Dosti Pakistan who had visited the Kacha Garhi camp along with team of Psychiatrists expressed the fear that militants can take advantage of the sufferings of the people affected by ongoing clashes.
He said that it was very easy for the militants to lure teenage boys -- who have lost families in ongoing operation-- for becoming their tool for suicide bombing as revenge against the government and military.
He is a boy, hardly 15, illiterate and brain washed and trained to be a ruthless killing machine to carry out suicide attacks against citizens, State and armed forces of Pakistan. Have a look at him closely. This is the face of a suicide bomber, caught before he could detonate. Many like him are being trained and equipped in camps run by militants. This is the ruthless cocktail Pakistan is fighting today.
The question is, are we not closing our eyes towards looming danger. By not providing adequate security to the IDPs and specially children coupled with basic facilities.
Does US/ NATO aware of the dangerous end result of their pressure on Pakistan for doing more??
Are they ready to face a new crop of suicide bombers going to breed as a result of US drone bombing in FATA ???
Background of the Crisis
Operation against terrorism first started in Waziristan Agency in late 2006 and is continued to put leash on growing influence of local Taliban in other agencies too. Eradicate the extremism and terrorism from northern far flung areas of NWFP was the foremost objective to control the political turmoil in the state as well. Because this was the gateway for terrorist to penetrate in state easily and generate mayhem for the country and people. Islam was not the issue in tribal areas because the tribesmen were traditionally religious and religiously traditional. But Bajaur Agency has become a war zone for the last few months
Bajaur, one of the smallest but most fertile belts of seven tribal agencies, bordering Pakistan with Afghanistan, presents dreadful picture of chaos and destruction these days.
The government has launched military drive against Taliban militants in the agency.
If present situation was not handled with sincerity the war can get worse in FATA”, it was on the record that civilian casualties in Bajaur are much more as compare to Taliban loses.
Army on the special directives of the present elected government PPP and ANP both has started a drastic military operation to smoke out militants both foreign and local from the Bajaur Agency. Both army and the militants have suffered great human and material losses in Bajaur Agency. The common civilians especially children, tribal women and old people have suffered very much. Their young generation got a set back as most of the educational facilities were destroyed by the militants and remaining in shelling.
The ongoing clash has caused serious problems for the common people of Bajaur Agency who have been displaced. The refugees of Bajaur Agency are crying for help and basic facilities at their camps but all cries fall on deaf ears.
When the operation was intensified in tribal belt and mortar shells start pounding civilian abodes, the fighting forced more than 600,000 inhabitants to leave their homes, in what has been described as the greatest displacement in Pakistan's history.
This situation was really very atrocious in its nature, which not only effects the lives of innocent people but also a set back for the future of their young generation. The estimate of casualties ran into the hundreds. However after several days of army offensive to crush Taliban forces in Bajaur, majority of these people had migrated to Mardan district and some have taken refuge in the homes of their relatives. A very rare number of these internally displaced persons (IDPs) have selected the government established camps. Ironically people left their homes in a single cloths and looking forward for government assistance.
But the government miserably failed to provide them relief as the situation of relief in the government run camps is pathetic.
There is shortage of food, drinking water, water sanitation problem and so on. They are grieved to much extent for their migration due to which they are feeling dishonored at various refugees camp. They have also been pushed back economically.
Haji Moeen, an elderly man of 80 years from Nagay Rashakai area of Khar Tehsil of Bajaur Agency, said that govt did nothing notable for their relief. We left our homes in single cloths. We are very much grieved upon the situation because we people don’t have money, earning sources and lacking facilities. We are not given stove and for this reason how do we cook and feed to our children. We are counting our remaining days of life at what time we would be able to go back to our areas. Children don’t have their schools, earning class doesn’t have businesses and shops therefore, in such a condition how does a person can continue to exist for unidentified period of time.
Aziz ur Rehman, (24) an energetic person from Charmung, said he had nothing to do with the question that the military operation was needed or not but government should come forward and extend us a helping hand to help our brethren in this hour of trial. A lot of civilian construction came under the massive attacks of gunship helicopters where hundred of armed Taliban remained unscathed during the whole operation. He said “We have become sandwich between the military forces and insurgents. We don’t need fight but peace is our main precedence.”
The ongoing clash on the one hand caused serious problems for the common people of Bajaur Agency who have been displaced while on the other hand terrorists blowing themselves and killing innocent people, constitute not only a threat to the fledgling democracy but also to the country's sovereignty. If such acts are not countered through persuasion or force, they would lead to total destabilization of Pakistan.
This is time for our politicians to comprehend the delicacy and precariousness of prevailing danger to our integrity. We are at a crossroad where we have to take a very firm decision on eradicating Taliban and terrorists. At this crucial juncture of our history we have to decide how to keep Pakistan integrated and eliminate our enemies once for ever. People have started implementing the rule of force instead of law. All this has contributed to further exhausting the level of patience.
On the contrary if we failed to control the situation in time and the current situation persists, within few months there will more internally displaced persons living in makeshifts camps in the rest of the country.
In addition there will be thousands of emotionally and mentally unstable persons specially teenage boys available to anyone who can convince them for suicide bombing in the name of Jehad. The net result is an escalation of violence in all parts of the country.
"We are seeing more blasts, other mothers will have the same fate like mine. What is happening in Pakistan, those who are doing it are not Muslims? I don't know what kind of people are they? I still wait for my Bilawal and I am sure he will come back one day." Shaheen Bano, Bilawals' mother still hoping for return of her dead son.
Hundreds of civilians, like Bilawal, have been the worst hit in the current spate of suicide blasts in the country.
Are we going to create more teenage suicide bombers and teenage victims of these blasts like Bilawal? -- Whose mothers have nothing to celebrate just tears and unanswered questions on this Eid too.
- Asian Tribune -
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French can be spared coz, they give AGosta 90B with TOT and Americans cannot be! inspite of the Loans and Planes. I am sure, you dint mean it this way! Right? The statement could have been properly framed rather than giving a misguided meaning. Its like endorsing Suicide bombing as long as the targets are Americans! 
