A woman scorned
Shakespeare famously said, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. Well, it’s true because irritated and scorned wives are taking their revenge from erring husbands, and in war-torn Pakistan, this is taking a vicious turn. One lady, for instance, recently alerted the Lahore airport authorities to a “terrorist on board a Middle Eastern airline” bound for Pakistan. Obviously, mayhem followed and panic buttons were pressed. The lady gave the “terrorist’s” name and the gent was traced on board a carrier bound for Lahore. He was discreetly “restrained” while en route and when he finally landed in Lahore, was released after some intense questioning. The police had also, meanwhile, traced the lady’s call. The number belonged to the man’s wife and when questioned, she said she was “fed-up with a serial womaniser”. In another similar incident, the furious first wife of a gent called a high official of the Punjab Police and said that “a terrorist couple” resident of a certain address in Lahore’s cantonment were planning to “blow up strategic installations” over Eid. The police investigated and found that the “terrorist couple” were a businessman and his second wife spending the holidays in their nest, away from the first family. Beware gents!
Rule of law
The man arrested for the spate of sectarian murders in the Punjab earlier this year, has gotten off scott free. While the courts have been reluctant to pursue the matter, it is the victims’ families who are too terrified to continue with the prosecution. One victim, who was badly injured in a Lahore attack, took a meagre amount in compensation and dropped the case. The assassin confessed that he would pick his victims on the basis of their “liberal” views on the media. In these circumstances, the rule of law is a far cry.