Feeling the Pain
By Muhammad Niyaz
Saba Trust
CA
I just wanted to share with you how I am feeling today after learning of the tragic death of more than 140 school children and teachers in an attack by terrorists. Every morning after performing my prayers I look for news updates from Pakistan and when I saw the heartbreaking news about the terrorist attack which killed more than 140 innocent school children it turned out to be a truly heart-wrenching experience.
It is extremely sad to see that the country where I was born, where I took my first breath, the land that gave me identity in this world, where I made my first friends and went to school, the country that gave me so much is going through such upheaval and I feel so helpless as I can’t do anything to usher peace and happiness in Pakistan, to give back to the land that gave me so much which is why I am where I am today. I am helpless to the extent that I can’t even go there and not for any other reason but because of the threats to my life and my family’s life.
This love for the motherland is so profound and overflowing that when an incident such as the attack on the Peshawar Army Public School occurs it reminds me of my love for the country and that means everything to me.
May Allah bless Pakistan and bring peace and prosperity to my motherland.
