Lessons from Islamabad #manwithgun episode
When the man with the gun, overtook Jinnah avenue in Islamabad, parked his car near the important Blue area and air fired using his Kalashnikov while smoking and drinking energy drinks, all forms of media joined the breaking-news bandwagon. Everyone turned into crime experts, terrorism analysts, police advisers and law enforcement critics. Everyone was more intelligent than those managing the situation - as is always the case in Pakistan perhaps. Some found it tragic, whilst others found it entertaining, yet none could turn away from the story. Lessons learnt? Many actually, and I want to pen them down before more is learnt about these terrorisers and I'm proven wrong. A super bored nation We are a super bored nation - despite all the bombings, target killings, drone attacks, spy attacks, honour killings, etc we still find it entertaining to cling on to a family in Islamabad. We love drama and especially family drama. His name varied from Sikander to Kamran and Ramzan, he is said t...