مرزا غلام قادر احمد

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484 assassins were besieged in a school building where they held some students as a human shield۔Yet in the shootout all the four assassins were killed۔No harm came to any student or the police men۔In the circumstances of the siege in defies intelligence how the assassins could not be captured alive۔It should be no surprise if at some future data it transpires that the men killed (there were three or four of them) were not Qadir's murderers, and strike again۔If they were the evidence of their motive and links is destroyed forever۔It is time for the government to realise that neither the military trails nor summary executions by the police nor para۔military operations would bring crime under control For years we have been sowing the wind۔for generations we shall have to reap the whirlwind۔The heirs of those who made corruption and greed, religious and lingual strife a part of our life still dominate the national scene in both politics and wealth۔the country in course of time, it seems, will come to be ruled by a syndicate of tycoons and terrorists۔The brainy and enterprising are going into exile۔Those who are willing to toil for the country by remaining here would suffer indignity or like noble Qadir, leave only painful memories behind۔That pain would be the sole inheritance of the twins born to him a year ago۔KUNWARIDRIS Karachi DAWN Lahore, Wednesday, April 21, 1999 Before it is too late Mirza Ghulam Qadir, a Computer professional belonging to the Ahmadiya community, was murdered near Chiniot recently۔He was a highly educated engineer working for his