Why?

By Ahsan Waheed

Today's Daily Times Lahore Edition has a picture on its front page of well dressed well fed children holding placards saying 'child for sale'. Lined up behind them is a bunch of over fed men in clean clothes with upraised arms and faces with foolish false smiles. The caption says that they are sacked employees of some government jobs protesting the loss of their jobs. Protesting on the streets and posing for photographs may be their right but is this the way to do it-by demeaning themselves and their children and sending out the image of a country that has lost its pride and every shred of self respect? What impact is this going to have on these unfortunate children? Do these people want to hand over their children to strangers for money? Don't they care what will happen to these little boys and girls? If this is a stunt to gain sympathy -and it obviously is-then the media should not become part of a charade. Such acts need to be condemned not given publicity and glorified. No self respecting person with an iota of pride would stoop to such self debasement and such negative images of their homeland. Instead of sympathy these people need to be ostracized and punished.

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