Pakistan scene
After a female suicide bomber killed 43 in Pakistan recently, The Lahore based Daily Times ran an editorial on Dec 26 on the incident.
Women were victims of the Taliban during their reign of terror in Afghanistan, and yet a Pakistani woman suicide bomber slaughtered 43 innocent Pakistani civilians. This shows the virus of fanaticism is also spreading among the females. It seems that the Taliban have been able to brainwash women into believing that by slaughtering fellow Pakistanis in the name of religion, they are doing a great service to Islam.
Like Alice in Wonderland, where everyone is mad and you are likely to be mocked if you behave like a normal human being, Pakistan has become an ultimate madhouse where all sane persons are threatened.
Mahatma Gandhi once remarked: "Those who hate others, end up hating themselves." Evidently, Pakistanis, in their blind hatred for India and America, have turned against each other. They need someone like Gandhi to teach them the lessons of love and tolerance.
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