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The Sialkot Murderers: Who will be the Exorcist?

By Afia Salam 23 August 2010 3 Comments
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Name them. Shame them. Ex-communicate them. Residents of Sialkot who still want to be considered a part of civilized humanity, now is the time to step forward and identify the animals who were taking part in the murders of the two brothers. All of them, the stick wielding barbarians, as well as that circle of callous spectators standing by, some even recording the barbaric act on their cell phones are murderers of those boys. They are the demons the society must exorcise.

The hordes of media persons that have descended upon that blighted place should not be content on regurgitating that sickening footage. Get to work. Get close-up still shots of each and every member of the crowd. Blow those images up. Get your reporters to work. Cross-check with NADRA. Get their names, addresses, family affiliations.

We know you have the resources. We know you do not have to become forensic experts. You can fiddle with pixelated images well enough to make many people in the video footage recognisable.

And to you civil society organisations and all other patronising, sermonising do-gooders: how about forking over cash enough to print posters of these images and plaster them across the city to name them… and shame them… and ex-communicate them… and isolate them… and identify them.

And hopefully, punish them despite the loopholes in the system.


Have your say. Vote in the poll below:

What segment of our society do you most blame for the public beating and murder of two boys in Sialkot on August 15?

  • Sialkot police (31%, 157 Votes)
  • The crowds who watched but did not intervene (23%, 119 Votes)
  • A culture of violence (19%, 99 Votes)
  • Poor governance (15%, 74 Votes)
  • An ineffective judicial system (10%, 50 Votes)
  • Other (2%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 510

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Afia Salam is Pakistan's first female cricket journalist. She now writes on the environment and other social issues.


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3 Comments »

  • Usama said:

    Good. We must also take to streets and pressurise our government to cast out these barbaric animals masquerading as human beings. If the murderers go unpunished then each of us will be an accomplice.

    # 24 August 2010 at 2:27 am
  • Razwan said:

    this is hot news! but who really is gonna do ssomething about it??? i doubt any one will!! the media will be lapping all this juicy news up whilst they do nothing!! absolutely nothing!! what good is the condemnation of this barbaric attack when nothing is done about this???? it hurts that nothing will be done about this ………….

    # 27 August 2010 at 12:04 am
  • Usama said:

    You r right..I remember the time when the streets of Lahore were swarmed with people clamouring for the restoration of CJ and eventually the whole episode of hue and cry produced the desired effect. somehting of that sort can make a difference provided we are serious about it….

    # 27 August 2010 at 7:24 am