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I was returning home in the evening, stuck in a traffic jam somewhere near Andheri Subway, when dad rang.<\/p>\n

Dad: [tag]Benazir Bhutto[\/tag] has been shot dead<\/p>\n

Me: How ? ( i meant how would gunmen get past a security cordon… would she have the equivalent of Z level security)…. but it came out as how….<\/p>\n

Dad: With a Gun – they killed her. Bast***s.<\/p>\n

JD called next…..<\/p>\n

JD: You Heard?<\/p>\n

HC: Benazir?<\/p>\n

JD: Yes. They shot her and then some suicide bomber blew the place up.. What a great story. (JD is a journalist and you need to forgive his ghoulish attitude towards news)<\/p>\n

Next was K… a friend who is also a Sindhan.<\/p>\n

K: Musharaff did it. He is the Modi of Pakistan. He can pretty much get away with murder.<\/p>\n

HC: hmm..<\/p>\n

K: I didn’t like her – that family was nasty to Sindhis, despite being Sindhi themselves.<\/p>\n

HC: I had forgotten the Sindhi part…<\/p>\n

The next was RM<\/p>\n

RM – there are lots of people who hated her, the military, the mullahs, the [tag]mohajirs[\/tag], Musharaf……..It could be anybody.<\/p>\n

HC – or it could be everybody !<\/p>\n

RM – no that is not possible. They like us more than they like each other…<\/p>\n

HC – thats not really saying too much….<\/p>\n

RM – No it isn’t and the [tag]Hindutva[\/tag] nutcases want the entire f***ing nutcases back…..<\/p>\n

before he could launch into how screwed up the ‘Akhanda Bharat’ policy was, i reached home and rung off<\/p>\n

At home the folks were tuned to the BBC <\/strong><\/a>– the news was official. She was dead. A gun man\/men shot her multiple times and a suicide bomber blew himself up just to make sure. As I was registering the news, SR called from Kerala (he is holidaying there) –<\/p>\n

SR : Is it true? Benazir has been blown up..<\/p>\n

HC: Yes. I saw it on the BBC….<\/p>\n

Benazir Bhutto – rest in peace. And hopefully, the people of Pakistan will be catalyzed by this to throw out the Mullahs, Musharaf and the Military and take back their country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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