It’s going to be quite a dichotomous blog post today. As the self-explanatory title states, there was indeed another terrorist attack in Lahore today. Actually there were 2 suicide attacks that occured simultaneously in the same area, RA Bazaar in Cantt (which is basically an army-governed cantonment area that has both residential and commercial districts). … Continue reading
I was sitting in the common room this morning, reading one of the many insightful works of al-Ghazali. It was a quiet time, around 8:20 am, and there wasn’t much activity going on in the hostel building, most of the girls were asleep or already in class. The only sound I could hear was the rhythmic swoosh … Continue reading
- In the past 2 weeks, more than 150 people have been killed as a result of terrorist activities – 3 law enforcement compounds in Lahore were attacked on the same day, now known as the Bloody Thursday (Oct 15th) – 2 suicide bomb attacks took place in an Islamic university in Islamabad on October … Continue reading
Throughout the night, I’ve been hearing gunshots at arbitrary intervals. At first I thought there was something wrong with my ears, then I thoughht maybe I was just imagining it out of paranoia because of all the latest emails from the VC warning the student body to avoid going off campus because of the threat … Continue reading
