Witnessing the Terror coming very close to a very special brother…
In this Machinery world where
pure friendship and sincerity are seldom found; this planet still carries some
individuals who are pure and lure. I am very lucky in a sense that I have found
such people made of gold in almost every sphere of life be it family, teachers,
colleagues or mentors. I always missed absence of an elder brother to which I
could share my things, problems and sometimes do Ladiyaan with him. Zeeshan Hasan Yousuf being of such kind individual with whom an
office colleague relationship started and soon he became a very sweet elder
brother. And to date we have some great memories of past eight years. He was
always there in times of need and helped each one of us with an extra step and
made a respectable place in our hearts which will last forever. This elder
brother of mine got a severe tragedy last month while the SP Farooq Aawaan escaped an attacked last week in Karachi .
I never wondered this could happen
to him until the next morning (on Friday
26th September, 2014 ) after attack I saw his facebook
status which said:
“As i picked up my
father and took my sister to a safer area in our house that lay destroyed by a
devastating bomb blast ... doors, windows & glass lying on the floor, i
could hear a family screaming in agony in front of our gate; And what i saw
will sadly stay with me forever. A lady cradled a body in her arms, screaming
at the top of her lungs, "no no kill me kill me kill me. I do not know who
was that unfortunate man. Was it her husband, son perhaps? Will that lady find
peace in her life again ? Or will she go through
the rest of her life, avoiding life ? And why do they say no one died, that
there were minimum casualties. Why do they lie?
l am just GRATEFUL that lives of my dear sister Ayesha A.h. Yusuf and that of my father were spared. Shaper Mirza you left just two days ago, don't know what i would have done if anything had happened to you. Someone spared our lives
And i know this now ... That many people are victims of terrorist & other heinous attacks all too often in this city. This evil, this carnage had been happening in this country for a long time. It just came home today
I think ignorance is (not always) bliss.
l am just GRATEFUL that lives of my dear sister Ayesha A.h. Yusuf and that of my father were spared. Shaper Mirza you left just two days ago, don't know what i would have done if anything had happened to you. Someone spared our lives
And i know this now ... That many people are victims of terrorist & other heinous attacks all too often in this city. This evil, this carnage had been happening in this country for a long time. It just came home today
I think ignorance is (not always) bliss.
THANK YOU Atif Naeem Baig sb and Rafat Phupa for making it to
our house on foot to provide food and assurance. No words to thank you all. God
bless.”
It was shocking news for me and I
called him straight away just to make sure if he and rest were alright. At
first he could not recognize my voice and when I told him my name; he said
“Sultan please I am stuck now; and I shall call you back in a few minutes”. Oh
my Allah, his voice was shaky and disrupted. His focus was scattered and I felt
if he was instructing some people about something. I was sitting stunned on the
chair and then started telling a few close people regarding this incident.
Later on, when I had a chance to
talk with him in detail. He told me “This blast happened in front of my house. Things
are worst here, there is destruction spread all over the house. All the things
made of glass including LCD are broken. Main gate is dislodged and I have just
placed two security guards to safeguard my home”...”What next? Are you going to
shift now?” I asked…”At least I am going to shift Abbu and Aysha to one of my
relatives; as I can not leave them in such an open/unsafe condition and somehow
I will manage myself here”…And I was thinking, when will be my turn???...”Bas yaar dua karo, ke ye mushkil waqt kat
jaye kisi tarah” he requested me for prayers.
In the coming days, I just kept
on thinking where will this all end. Things are such out of control in our
country that almost all of us are affected in one way or the other. Nonetheless,
every other day we keep on hearing Major incidents happening with our close
acquaintances. Is there any end to all this???
To date, this beloved brother is
trying to gather himself and recollect his house again. The destruction is
heavy and he is trying to get help/compensation from government; running from post to pillar. But not yet getting
any proper response from the government which is a very sad thing indeed. I
would like to request media/resourceful people to take up his case (and many
other such affected) to share the burden and add their bit to heal the stressed
people. I would specially like to
request ARY news for taking up this case in helping a very dear brother
who was helping and running for other
people yesterday and nobody is listening to him today.