Tragic Incident of 9/20 – Pakistan’s 9/11
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By Muhammad Azfar Ahsan Mujhey koi achee khabar sona, meray khush nazar, meray khush bayan, Meree kashtian hain bhanwar bhanwar, meree bastian hain dhuan dhuan….. (Amjad Islam Amjad) |
| The Islamabad Marriott Hotel is no more. Islamabad – the beautiful, has turned into Islamabad – the miserable. I am deeply shocked and sad to see what has happened at Islamabad. It is a colossal tragedy of unmanageable proportions. When I first saw these horrific images on the television, a shudder ran through my spine recollecting that I stayed there with my friends in the last week for three days. |
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The Islamabad incident while highlighted monumental security lapses and loopholes in the country, it also raised questions about efficiency and professionalism of country’s disaster management infrastructure. The search and rescue capability of our civic agencies needs to be completely overhauled. Usman Manzoor reported in The News: “The Capital Development Authority (CDA), like Nero of Rome, was playing the flute when its icon of security, The Marriott, was burning in the heart of the capital”. |
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