The PPP politician lost his son Osama Qamar Kaira in a car accident. Unbelievably, there are some who've mocked his pain
PPP Punjab president Qamar Zaman Kaira lost his son Osama Qamar Kaira in a tragic car accident yesterday.
Osama Qamar Kaira, 20, a third year student at the Government College University Lahore, and his friend Hamza Butt both lost their lives as they were driving home. Osama was Kaira's youngest son.
As he is a public figure, Kaira's loss was reported on across Pakistan. Among other prominent politicians, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, former president Asif Ali Zardari and Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid also attended his son's funeral prayers. Others like Arif Alvi, Maryam Nawaz and Shireen Mazari transcended party politics and offered their condolences online.
Absolutely heartbreaking and tragic, the death of my friend Qamar Zaman Kaira's son Usama. May his soul rest in peace and may Allah give the strength to the family to bear this tragic loss.
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Extremely saddened to hear the tragic news of death of Kaira sb’s son. This is how unpredictable life is. My heart goes out to the family. May Allah SWT bless Usama with the highest abode in Jannah & May HE grant sabar to the family to bear the irreplaceable loss. Ameen
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What a terrible tragedy for any parent to bear. May Allah give Kaira and his family the strength to bear this massive loss.
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However, some used the moment for sensationalism and mocked the senior politician.
Even the way the news was broken to Qamar Zaman Kaira was callous and inappropriate, and has been called out as such. Kaira was informed of his son's accident by a reporter during a media talk, and the whole exchange was captured on camera.
How that reporter shared the news of Kaira sb's son is highly insensitive and unprofessional. All the more reason why we shouldn't even be sharing that video.
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That video of the journalist telling Qamar Zaman Kaira about his son is stuck in my mind. That is about the worst possible thing any human could do to another.
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Horrified. Just saw the video of Kaira Sb being bluntly told about his son's sad demise. How insensitive, how callous have we become?
May Allah grant them Sabr. Losing a child is an unbearable loss..
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Following confirmation of his son's demise, some used the tragedy to attack Kaira's politics, even telling him he deserved his loss.
By preaching so much hate we've destroyed the humanity of an entire generation.
If we can't feel sad for a parent who has lost a child there's no hope for us
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This is what reckless and mindless populism has spawned in this country. An illness which rots the soul and vomit self-righteous filth. Sick.
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People even began sharing photographs of the demolished car on social media, a move that would undoubtedly cause even more grief and pain to the families involved.
All this begs the question - have we truly lost sense of morality and ethics as a nation? As if calling for a politician to commit suicide isn't enough... when someone dies, is that also fodder for political point scoring?
We can only hope that better sense prevails.
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