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threats from extremists an unraveling economy battling civilian leaders and tensions with its nuclear rival india pakistan is edging ever closer to the abyss the abyss grew depressingly deeper this week when the sri lankan cricket team was attacked in a commando style ambush leaving eight people dead and several players wounded twelve gunmen carrying sacks of ammunition attacked the team s bus in broad daylight in the heart of lahore and then escaped in motorized rickshaws what the terrorists knew what they were doing attack the nation s most cherished pastime it s symbol of camaraderie and goodwill and you attack the heart and soul of the country and instill maximum fear so why exactly am i going to pakistan when relatives there and here are counseling not to and those who can are leaving it s to witness the work of two men one a pakistani the other an american who are tirelessly quietly and with humility working to improve the lives of pakistanis so the desperation and hopelessness at the root of the current chaos one day diminishes an ap photograph in the nyt shows those who died in the lahore massacre lying on stretchers covered with blood stained white sheets with four letters printed on them edhi edhi is hardly known in the united states but to pakistanis around the world he is a true hero in the past 60 years he s created one of the largest and most successful health and welfare networks in asia he started off begging for donations today he runs a nationwide organization of ambulances clinics orphanages homes for the physically handicapped blood banks mortuaries and much more edhi and his wife of nearly 45 years bilquis live in a small two bedroom apartment next to his office in one of the clinics he accepts no salary he s on call 24 hours a day their wedding night is indicative of how they spend their days edhi and bilquis rushed a 12 year old girl with major head injuries to the hospital and supervised blood transfusions throughout the night his vision of charity is at the heart of islam why don t we hear about it many know of greg mortenson s inspiring story through his best selling book three cups of tea he is receiving the sitara e pakistan pakistan s highest civilian award in islamabad on march 23rd no doubt he will receive the award accompanied by his indomitable pakistani staff including suleman minhas with whom i ve been communicating after two brief phone conversations and not even a shared cup of tea i already feel like family i call him bhai brother he writes to me as respected salma most of our conversations have focused on his assuring me not to worry that the minute i land in islamabad i will be his most revered guest no wonder mortenson was blown away by pakistanis generosity and warmth maybe mortenson will bring some of the girls from his schools because as he always says they are the true heroes perhaps shakeela who started by writing with sticks in the sand and is now in her third year of medical school in lahore she will be the first locally educated woman to become a physician or maybe ghosia mughal one of the first students to return to school in her village after the devastating 2005 earthquake in azad kashmir that killed her mother several of her siblings and left her father paralyzed watching that first brave girl enter a school is like watching man taking his first step on the moon says mortenson it s one giant leap for mankind mortenson is keenly aware that behind one girl comes dozens more eventually hundreds and thousands no doubt there are tragic forces at play in the country trying to undermine the fabric of its politics culture society and soul sometimes seemingly overwhelming forces but there are also kernels of hope that remind us that all will not be lost to violence and a distorted mindset there are people like edhi and thousands more working each day to feed nurse console support and shelter there are people like suleman and hundreds of others fiercely loyal to mortenson s commitment and the commitment of so many ngos around the country to educate pakistan s children there are young women like shakeela smart capable determined and feisty who will ultimately change the country if given the chance this is the pakistan i m going to see and when i get back these are the stories i m going to share with anyone willing to listen march 7 2009 posted by shahidul pakistan south asia edhi education humanitarian karachi mortenson pakistan salma hasan ali school terrorism 17 comments horror and grief a nation besieged text by rahnuma ahmed photos by driknews one of the factors that is said to have contributed to the rebellion the previous government under emergency rule had initiated a programme of providing subsidised food to tackle the unprecedented increase in food costs the army is said to have whisked away huge amounts of money through the programme while bdr staff complain of not even receiving legitimate payment for extra work dhaka bangladesh december 03 2008 muniruzzaman driknews the military cordoned off parts of dhanmondi in an effort to quell the uprising soldiers in satmasjid road dhanmondi 9 30 am 25th february 2009 dhaka bangladesh shafiqul islam kajol driknews bodies of army officers had been found they had been dumped in the sewage canals that lay underneath the bdr headquarters in pilkhana two dead bodies had been the first ones to surface far away in kamrangirchar three civilians had died too on the very first day but as news of fifteen more dead bodies of army officers surfaced the next day the civilian deaths seemed to pale away while the extent of the conflict was unclear bodies of slain police and civilians were found many lay unattended as sniper fire prevented medical help from reaching later bodies of soldiers were found in water bodies near dhanmondi as well as in mass graves 25th february dhanmondi dhaka bangladesh adnan driknews and then a mass grave was discovered in the bdr grounds thirty eight dead bodies were unearthed including that of the director general shakil ahmed a couple of other bodies were found killed and dumped in ponds drains and sewage lines many innocent civilians got caught up in the fight bus helper muhammad babu talks of his near escape one of his compatriots died while two others were hit by bullets 25th february 2009 dhanmondi noor alam driknews as the long hours passed the whole nation seemed to be holding back its breath aghast at the enormity of what had happened at the carnage that had accompanied the rebellion people gathered around to listen to the radio watched breaking news spots on television read aloud newspapers news travelled through word of mouth collective sighs of relief were heaved when family members who had been held hostage were released but the discovery of more mass graves the news of family members also having been killed of the many scores still missing leave people speechless the conflict spread to other parts of bangladesh the bdr of baitul izzat bdr training centre satkania rebelled on the 26th february there was heavy gunfire inside the camp 9 30 am spreading panic in the area after the shooting bdr took control of the training centre bdr claimed that army started the gunfire trainee bdrs discarded their uniforms and ran away to nearby villages chittagong bangladesh february 27 2009 raj aniket driknews as the conflict spread rebel bdr soldiers took position with heavy guns in sylhet bdr camp 26th february sylhet bangladesh a h arif driknews horror incredulity and a sort of numbness have set in scores still remain missing as the gagging stench of decomposing flesh hangs over pilkhana grounds after the military was initially kept back tanks were deployed more than 10 tanks and one apc armed personnel carrier took position in front of abahani sports ground while soldiers took position inside the field 26th february 2009 amdadul huq driknews how could the jawans go on such a killing spree to right the wrongs done to them what on earth could have possessed them these are questions that are repeated endlessly by people in all parts of the country yes they did have grievances over not being given full rations not being sent abroad on un peacekeeping missions over low pay unpaid daily allowances promised for extra duties rendered recruitment from the army to the higher decision making positions etc etc but surely their course of action was disproportionate by all accounts not to mention suicidal as i write the idea of disbanding the bdr is being considered is there more to it than meets the eye in a crisis as grave as the one that faces the nation now where does one seek answers to the truth it is better to know some of the questions than all the answers but what if some of the questions being raised are seen especially by powerful sections as blaming the victims of the tragedy do we have the resources the intellectual capacity the political will and above all the courage to raise the right questions will these be tolerated in moments of such deep grief where passions rage high were unseen forces at work wild conspiracy theories are doing the rounds do these not block off hard headed attempts at understanding whether unseen forces were really at work surely we need to know the truth in the interests of the nation state and in the interests of the survival of the many millions who live within its boundaries it is a nation whose citizens are proud of their hard earned and fought for independence and of their sovereignty notwithstanding the deep fractures that cause long standing divisions a girl just released from the bdr headquarters in dhaka bangladesh 26th february 2009 amdadul huq driknews i see women and children seated on the pavement or standing outside the bdr gates keeping long hours of vigil for news of their loved ones i see a few faces break down in tears as yet another body is identified i see some women reach out to console while others who still have shreds of hope lower their heads in shared grief hoping against hope that their husbands or fathers or brothers or sons will return alive family members of the hostages were released in front of the bdr headquarters in dhaka bangladesh 26th february 2009 amdadul huq driknews army tanks moved into the bdr headquarters in pilkhana after 33 hours the rebel bdr soldiers surrendered and went back to their barracks and police and army took over the bdr headquarters a woman waited outside the headquarters for news of missing relatives 27th february 2009 dhaka bangladesh shafiqul islam kajol driknews i see a mother holding up a wedding photograph of her missing son and his newly wed bride i grieve for them just as i grieve for much respected inspector general of police nur mohammad s daughter widowed at two months scores remain missing still i read of the indian government s offer to send a peace mission to give security to the calcutta dhaka calcutta moitree express that runs between the two cities on saturdays and sundays to be manned by indian paramilitary forces such as the central reserve police force the railway protection force maybe even the border security force the telegraph february 27 i listen to balance in reporting being urged particularly in the case of the electronic media since the accusations of the bdr jawans had been highlighted on the first day of the rebellion in some of the private tv channels it is being said the other side s version that of the army officers had not been sought that it had not been reported but surely the lack of press briefings either from the government or the home ministry or from the ispr contributed to this situation i listen to a discussant argue that command failure intelligence failure and corruption should not be mentioned i cannot help but wonder how does one seek out the truth where such a besieged mentality operates where collective grief horror and condemnation can be offered and accepted but only on terms that are acceptable to the recipient where narratives of grief and pain and horror seem to be overlaid with other narratives that of the right to rule a candlelight vigil to mourn the dead in a park opposite the bdr headquarters people of all religions offered silent prayers for the victims 1st march dhaka bangladesh amdadul huq driknews the dead cannot be brought back to life nor can the brutal happenings be erased from the nation s history we can only console the bereaved we can only learn lessons from it as a nation it is the nation as a whole that grieves for the army officers and their family members it is the nation that must stay united since the crisis seems grave enough to threaten our existence it is the nation that must come together to seek answers and to discover the truth a unity of interests must prevail rather than that of any particular institution or else i fear we would be doing injustice to those who lost their lives at pilkhana written 1 march 2009 published in new age 6 march 2009 earlier coverage march 6 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