The death of one young per­son is the death of count­less expectations, emotions, and aspirations. There is little val­ue in human life in Pakistan. Thousands of people die in road accidents every year. According to the World Health Organi­zation, 29,000 people were killed in road acci­dents in 2023 alone. But only a few incidents awak­en the people sleeping in silos of power and authority. They follow a textbook pattern after every sin­ister and painful disaster or ca­lamity: come on the media; issue statements, condemn the incident, and suspend a few lower rank of­ficers. Afterward, they return to their power corridors and wait for the next issue to emerge. Nothing has changed since the inception of Pakistan. Who is responsible for this social and political apathy? Merely blaming the government is neither a solution nor an escape route. There is recondite social re­sponsibility which we as a nation have rebuked and rebuffed.

Let’s decipher the bloody game of kite flying first to analyze the paral­ysis of the government and neglect of the community. A young motor­ist was bathed in his own blood be­cause of a stray kite string having metal inclusions in Faisalabad last week. What happened next is the repeat telecast of any parallel in­cidents. The SHO of the concerned police station was suspended. The Chief Minister condemned the is­sue. Opposition parties highlighted the neglect of the government. An­chors and vloggers got the much-needed........

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