We urgently need legislation that would place the responsibility of teaching religion to children in the hands of the public school sector. Additionally, we desperately need a strong criminal justice system complete with a mechanism to award fixed compensation to both victims and their families
Source/Credit: Daily Times
By Kaleem Dean | January 16, 2018
The rape and murder of little seven-year-old Zainab has shaken Pakistan’s entire social fabric to its core. Typically, our media is full of controversies and dirty politics — yet this particular case saw the fourth estate united in the gravity of what had transpired.
A mixture of anger at those responsible for this most atrocious crime and immense compassion for the innocent child cast a shadow over a usually buoyant social media. Indeed, in a matter of hours the narrative of a national tragedy was adopted when talking about what happened to Zainab. Yet society seemingly stood helpless when confronted with the knowledge that all social mores have been crossed. Naturally there have been rebuttals across the board. But this should be recognised for what it is: a red flag warning to the entire nation that more is needed than expressing mere sympathy, forming a JIT, delivering official statements and taking suo motto notices. What is required is nothing less than a reassessment of the very ‘philosophy’ that drives Pakistan.
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