Pakistan has to deal with a lot of issues on a nearly
daily basis. Something or the other seems to go wrong every minute of every
day. People turn to streets as an outlet of their anger/frustration. And this
is what we see in the media and on the news:
1. People setting fire to tyres/cars/flags/effigies2. Destruction of public property3. Infighting4. Police baton-charging the protestors5. Tear gas/shelling6. A large crowd of people amid chaos
What we don't see:
1. Over a thousand Shia Muslims of Lahore ended on Monday a nearly two-day peaceful sit-in after Islamabad gave in to demands for protection by the Hazara Shias.
2. Peaceful sit-in protests by the families of the victims of Mastung tragedy, Quetta.
3. Hand in hand as many as 200-300 people formed a human chain outside the St Anthony’s Church adjacent to the District Police Lines at the Empress Road, in a show of solidarity with the victims of the Peshawar church attack two weeks back, which resulted in over a 100 deaths.
4. Hundreds of Sunni Tehreek workers took out a peaceful anti-terrorism rally.
Enough said.
Stereotype - Pakistani Protesters are Violent. Status = BUSTED!
