TERRORISM is a big threat to peace both at home and abroad. It breeds when it gets sponsorship. A similar situation prevailed in Pakistan before Zarb-i-Azb and Rud-ul-Fasad plans were launched against terrorists. It was the height of terrorism on Oct 18, 2007, when PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming rally, the caravan of democracy, in Karachi was bombed killing about 160 and injuring more than 500.

Later on Dec 27, 2007, PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto was assassinated at the Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi, by terrorists.

The question is: why all these terrorist attacks on PPP rallies alone? Nay, it was an attack on democracy and the unity and integrity of Pakistan.

She was killed by those who wanted to perpetuate national slavery and keep the people backward. Here are a few words from her last speech: “ I put my life in danger and came here because I feel that my country is in danger”.

A mother, wife, leader, daughter and sister all rolled into one, Ms Bhutto sacrificed her life for the cause of democracy so that future generations and all of us can breathe in fresh air of democracy.

A meeting will be held on Oct 18 at Hyderabad to pay tribute to Ms Bhutto

Humera Alwani

Thatta

Published in Dawn, October 17th, 2017