For those of us who think and feel a shadow was cast over Eid celebrations this year. Tragedy after tragedy struck the nation resulting in precious loss of life. There was the Jaffar Express incident involving several people who were travelling not to be met with gun fire but to meet with their relatives and celebrate Eid with their loved ones.

Other smaller incidents also claimed lives and as far as Karachi was concerned the dance of death orchestrated by heavy duty vehicles wantonly crushing the life out of ordinary folks continued unabated. There were two incidents very close to Eid that snatched the joy of this festive season from concerned families and snuffed out young lives.

The most notable and heart rendering was the accident on Shahrea Faisal in which a man and his pregnant wife were crushed by a water tanker that broke cement barriers recently constructed to avoid such a situation and came down the wrong way to hit and crush this couple who were going to a doctor for routine examination as the wife was full months pregnant.

Not only were the wife and........

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