We must be moving in the wrong direction, in a historical sense, when there is an instance of a jirga sentencing a young couple to death in the urban precincts of Karachi in 2017
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By Ghazi Salahuddin | January 14, 2018
Once again, we have not been able to make sense of a tragedy that has shaken us to the core. In some respects, the popular response to the horrendous crime that was committed in Kasur did set the stage for some drastic steps to deal with the enduring evils of our society. But there are no signs of any moral and intellectual renaissance emerging from this trauma.
Perhaps that cannot be expected in our present circumstances when the forces of orthodoxy and fanaticism are gaining currency. At the same time, this focus on the sexual abuse of our children also projects the imperative for a progressive social change that, alas, is not to be.
A major problem is that our political leaders as well as our rulers are not willing to attend to the state of our society, which is losing its equilibrium at an alarming pace. Look at how they play their politics and how fundamental issues that relate to the wellbeing of the people do not attract any serious attention.
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