Wednesday, May 1, 2013

A tale of a petty Indian: Questions to the Government of India and Pakistan

:: His name is Sarabjit. A terror convict according to the Pakistani Judicial system. An innocent citizen who innocently trespassed into a foreign land, and mistaken as a terrorist, according to the Indian counterparts. What is the truth? He is either an "Indian terrorist" or an Innocent guy. He can not be both. He has been languishing in Pakistani jails for years before being shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a leading hospital in Lahore. The ICU now has been declared a jail. His kins have returned to Pakistan after visiting him in Lahore. Their plea to release him has fallen on deaf ears. Deaf ears on either side of the border. Indian Prime Minister described the attack on Sarabjit as an unfortunate incidence. That is where his concern ends. I have few questions for the Government on either side of the border. My questions to the Indian Government: What is the truth? Was Sarabjit a terrorist? If so, why didn't the Indian Government "disown" him? Or, was Sarabjit an Indian agent? If so, does the Indian Government owe him something for the "services" he rendered? In a recent diplomatic faceoff, the Italian Government demonstrated its solidarity with the marines, who killed Indian fishermen off the western coast, mistaking them to be pirates. Why doesn't Indian Government do that? Was Sarabjit, an innocent farmer who trespassed into the Pakistani soil? If so, do you leave your citizens unprotected, uncared like that? Whether a terrorist who killed 10 people in a bomb blast in 1993, or a farmer, Sarabjit deserved more concern from the Indian Government. Now my questions to the Pakistani Government: How serious is the condition of Sarabjit? Is it critical? Does he have slim chance of survival as reported? If so, why not let him die in his home land. Let him die in dignity. Or can he be revived by better medical attention elsewhere? If so, why not transfer him as sought by the family of Sarabjit? Awake useless Governments! ::