02 Jan, 2008

Ten days ago, in a nighttime conversation…

02 Jan, 2008

Ten days ago, in a nighttime conversation in our home, my father grimly forecasts: “There will be much bloodshed before the elections.”

No one thought that Benazir would get shot and that her blood would splash her bullet-proof vehicle.

No one ever dreamed that the brave woman who came back would fall so soon.

And now, with elections pushed further back–another six weeks–no one knows how many more lives will be lost, and how much more destruction there is to come.

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