KARACHI: The politicians are busy getting photographed at relief camps set up throughout the country for the flood affected population, but they cannot really feel the pain of peopleâs sufferings, especially of those who have lost their loved ones.
This was stated by a participant of a condolence reference organised by the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) at a local hotel on Wednesday, to pay tribute to the six youth parliamentarians from Sindh who lost their lives in the Air Blue plane crash on July 28 in Islamabad.
The victims include, Hassan Javed Khan from Hyderabad, Syeda Rabab Zehra Naqvi, Bilal Nasir Jamaee, Owais Bin Laiq, and Arsalan Ahmed from Karachi, and Prem Chand from Sanghar, all of whom were under 30 years of age.
The organisers had gathered parents and family members of the victims.
PILDAT Executive Director Ahmed Bilal termed the parliamentariansâ martyrs as they had gone to Islamabad for a national cause.
Emotional scenes were witnessed throughout the programme when mothers and fathers of the young victims, their eyes brimming with tears remembered their children.
Many of the participants not belonging to their families also could not stop their tears while listening to the parentsâ emotional speeches.
âNobody can feel the pain of the parents who lost their children,â remarked Quratulain, a founding member of the Youth Parliament.
Naseer Ahmed, father of Bilal Jamaee recalled his sonâs life, education, etc. He disclosed that his son had added Jamaee to his name because he had studied at Jamia Milia, and later Jamia Karachi (University of Karachi). He disclosed that his son was buried at KU according to his will; however, he was very angry with the university administrationâs behaviour.
Laiq Ali, father of Owais told the participants that the family will file a claim against his sonâs sudden death to ensure that no such incidents occur in future, but being a Muslim he believed that every human being will die on his fixed time.
Syed Arsalanâs father Professor Yahya said his son was very talented and kind, and he was only 22 years, five months and a day old. He said that he never received any complaint about his son from school, college and university.
Prem Chandâs mother attired in her traditional Thari dress, also shared her views about her son with wet eyes, while his elder brother told the participants, how their mother had taken care of them after their father died. She sent him for higher education at the Sindh University, he said.