The Abbas Town attack that killed at least 50 people and injured over a 100 has brought the neighbours close like never before – irrespective of their ethnic, religious or sectarian affiliations.
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Source/Credit: The News | Pakistan
By Ammar Shahbazi | March 11, 2013
A poster outside his home in Abbas Town reads: “Mubashir Ahmad Abbasi Shaheed”.
His family does not know how it got there.
The white chart paper also has an arrow - drawn using colourful markers – pointing towards his house.
Forty-three-year-old Mubashir is one of the victims of the bomb blast in Abbas Town March 3. He was not a Shia or Sunni. He was an Ahmadi - the only victim from the community.
A father of two, Mubashir left his home, which is some 10-minute walk away from the entrance of Abbas town where the bomb exploded.
The Abbas Town attack that killed at least 50 people and injured over a 100 has brought the neighbours close like never before – irrespective of their ethnic, religious or sectarian affiliations.
One organisation that may have played a role in bringing them together is the Jafaria Disaster Management Cell (JDC).
“I think it’s the JDC boys who have put the poster up there,” said Ilyas, the victim’s brother-in-law. “I am not sure. But the neighbourhood has been generally very supportive after the tragedy.”
The JDC was established by a number of young students in late 2009. It set up its camp at the Abbas Town on the day of the attack and has been working relentlessly.
From providing first-aid medical camps to sending ration packages to the families of the victims, the JDC has been helping the scores of families affected in many ways.
“We have asked the victims who lost their homes to rent apartments in the area,” said Zafar Abbas Rizvi, the general secretary of the organisation. “The houses will be furnished by us and we will pay also the rent for at least one year.”
Mubashir’s family also received ration packages. “They [the JDC] were the ones who came forward to help us during the confusion,” Ilyas said. “It was not easy. But the JDC boys were really helpful. They treated us like everybody else, which is rare.”
The JDC general secretary said the organisation did not believe in discriminating against anyone. “If you are affected, you deserved to be helped; that’s our policy, plain and simple.”
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