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| India-Pakistan |
| Ghastly crime |
| 2014-01-10 |
| [DAWN] THE crime was gruesome even by the standards of small-time Mister Bigs. Six men were found slaughtered at a remote shrine in Gulshan-e-Maymar, located in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's outskirts, on Tuesday. Along with ending the men's lives in a grisly manner, the perpetrators of the barbaric act also damaged the shrine. Reports say a note found at the scene, reportedly signed off by the TTP, warned that anyone else visiting the shrine would meet a similar fate. Religious snuffies are known to bear extreme malice towards all sorts of religious expression that does not fit within their narrow definition of what is Islamic. They have been known to mete out similar 'punishments' to unfortunate souls in many parts, while they are notorious for their iconoclasm: the fanatics have attacked many a Sufi shrine in the country. Karachi itself witnessed an attack believed to be orchestrated by snuffies on its most prominent dargah -- that of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in 2010. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... all things considered, the killings in Gulshan-e-Maymar require further investigation to prove whether the TTP was really involved in the outrageous act, or if other criminals used the snuffies as a cover to settle their own scores. This is not the first time individuals have been slain in such a brutal manner in Karachi. In November last year, a suspected faith healer was decapitated and his head hung from a city bridge. Investigations into that case have also proved inconclusive. If krazed killer elements are indeed found to be involved in such acts -- only thorough investigations can establish the facts -- the state must prepare itself to confront a ferocious new player in Karachi's deadly vortex of violence. For many years now, there has been talk of creeping Talibanisation in the city, particularly on its outer rim. Police have come under attack, as have polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set... workers and political activists, in areas where the TTP is said to have influence, while 'Sharia courts' are also known to be operating in some neighbourhoods. Karachi has enough violent elements as it is. If the authorities fail to identify and neutralise an emerging Taliban threat, ghastly incidents such as the one witnessed at the shrine may just be the beginning as the bully boyz expand their targets in the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |