The Minar-E-Pakistan Incident on 14th August — Could it Have Been Avoided?

By now everyone knows what happened, but to summarize, a Pakistani National was publicly harassed and physically tortured by a mob of over 400 people — ironically on the Independence Day of this Country, and on the place where the resolution of Pakistan was passed; Minar-E-Pakistan. There are a ton of questions that are eating everyone inside out — starting from simply a big “HOW?!”, moving towards “Why –”, along with, “What now? Are they going to be punished, is the government taking any action?” — “Did something like this ever happen before? Could it have been avoided?”, and ending on, “Who is to blame”.

It is interesting how we humans always need one entity, or party to take the blame for a crime, while that never happens — and that never is the case. Should the criminal be punished? Yes, but should the people be warned not to follow the steps of the victim? It depends. For example, if a crime lord is beaten up by another crime lord — the latter should be punished, yet the former should not have been in the line of business where he loses his rights to avail safety by law. But that is rare, right? Being a criminal and that leading someone to commit a crime on you is rare.