Whosoever witnessed the pathetic and heart-rending sight of the burning train at Panipat (India) must have been moved to tears in which at least 68 passengers were killed. It is reported that two crude incendiary bombs exploded inside the security-sealed train bound for the border post of Attari.
Sadly speaking such sorts of atrocious activities happening within or outside the country at the hands of Muslims or non-Muslims, wherein scores of innocent lives of the people are perish will be condemned even by a layman. Side by side with it, the modus-operandi of giving compensation to the families of the dead or to the injured is also not a substitute for the kith and kin of the deceased.
Can this compensation resurrect the dead and also bring back the wasted parts of the bodies of the injured? Or will it be sufficient to rear those who are left behind after their relatives suffer unexpected deaths? For how long the innocent people will continue to die for the sake of the rulers? They look least concerned the welfare of common men.
Ifs all politics which they do on the about the dead bodies. If in Samjhota Express, Hindus were travelling and fell victims to this incident; one can imagine as to what swift reaction would have come for one of their leaders. They would certainly hold Pakistan directly responsible for this incident. If their foreign minister had been visiting Pakistan, he would have at once got this tour cancelled, harming the peace dialogue.
According to the Police, "the explosions were small, but were apparently intended to cause a deadly fire in four to five of the train's coaches". After all, it was an act of terrorism similar to the one that happened at Mumbai last year in which 186 people were killed. When Mumbai's incident took place, Indian leaders raised the sky over their heads and put the blame on Pakistan.
This time too, they took the initiative and felt no hesitation in blaming Jaish Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Tayeba parties, while such heinous crimes can be perpetrated by their own Hindu extremist parties which are working against Muslims all over India.
It is strange that the government seems to be very eager to make peace with India. It does not realise that elements opposed to India-Pakistan peace process may sabotage such efforts that are being made by our Government to "attain the mutually desired objective of sustainable peace between the two countries.