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
It had been an ordinary Tuesday morning. I had woken up, late as usual, hurriedly dressed and walked quickly to school without bothering to look around at the leaves turning from forest green to burnt orange as they normally began to do every fall. It drizzled lightly that morning and a chilled breeze had wafted … 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
