Malala Yousafzai: Nation’s brave daughter

So cowardly was this murderous attack on Malala Yousafzai

the illustrious daughter of the nation who has done it tremendously proud with her bravery. Despite grave risks, she has stood by her beliefs unflinchingly. And in spite of her young age, budged has she not even an inch from her noble stance in the face of dire threats of the thugs who have been after her so murderously. An epitome of exceptionally enviable courage and boldness she undoubtedly is. And the shocking assault on her has left the entire nation with a heart-rending grief to nurse along with her loved ones. The accursed thugs have not just attacked her. They have pierced into the heart of this nation. But with this dastardly attack they have demonstrated yet again how bestial are they innately. Attacking a child, as she is, could be no bravery but an outright cowardice unquestionably. Yet they went to town bragging of it as if they had done some heroic deed, demonstrating thereby palpably that they are not what they feign to be but just vile plain murderers who slaughter even children just for the pleasure of it. At least this savage attack must pull our holy clan of clerical orders out of its own conceit. So loath it is of speaking up against the intrinsic vileness of these terrorists who wear the mask of a deceptive religiosity to perpetrate a thuggery that has no place at all in humanity, and not at all in our noble religion of Islam which abhors the killing of the innocent and the child in any circumstances. What nonetheless has left the distraught nation completely astounded as to why had Malala been left so uncovered of a security shield that the wicked murderers could so easily access her and fire at her from such a close range. She had been receiving life threats from the thugs. And hence she was their potential target. Giving her a security umbrella was hence of utmost essential. Yet she was evidently left unprotected to fend for herself. Loathsomely, the administrations all over the land go the whole hog to protect the official eminences who despite their ages are so small compared with her. And even as in spite her small age, she is comparatively so tall; yet she was neglected and ignored and obviously did not get the security cover she should have received necessarily. But why to bemoan this when that is the way the inept and out-of-their-depth administrations foisted on us by the conspiracy of circumstances behave and function? We are visibly in the lap of a multifaceted terrorism, much of it foreign-fuelled and foreign-funded, its main wellsprings located in neigbouring Afghanistan. Yet no coherent comprehensive, orchestrated and coordinated national strategy to counter this terrorism is in evidence. The entire burden of fighting this monstrosity has evidently been put on the shoulders of the military, while the civil security apparatus whose job it is essentially to fight out urban terrorism seems to have taken to swooning. More contemptibly, while the army and paramilitaries are rendering tremendous sacrifices in fighting this national war, instead of gratitude they are picking only flak from all around. In the given conditions, it could be sheer wishful thinking if a child like Malala Yousafzai, even though a national asset, would receive all the state attention to secure her life. But we humbly pray to Allah Almighty for Malala Yousafzai’s speediest recovery from the critical injury the wicked thugs have inflicted on her person. And we urge the authorities to leave no stone unturned in her treatment for her to return to normal, happy and promising life. She is the priceless prized daughter of the nation who at her such a young age has earned it so much of name and fame worldwide.