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I have been trying to reconcile with the tragic departure of our
beloved leader and Sister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. I attempted to
write about it many times but ran into constant indignation, frozen
thoughts, and total mental block. I did not know what to say and how to say it. I still don't know if I could ever give words to my
feelings. We know for sure tragedy that landed into our lives on
December 27, 2007 is here to stay forever.

But I wonder what if she was not forced to depart from her unfinished journey!

Assassination of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto sets a new height of courage
against extreme cruelty. By separating Mohtarma from people of
Pakistan, enemies of peace and democracy assume they will impose rule
of darkness forever. They are mistaken. Mohtarma's vision and dream
can't be snatched away from people. It will live forever. Her life and
message will resonate in the conscience of every person who ever knew
her or knew about her. No matter how hard they try, they can't kill
the hope for democracy and freedom she kindled in hearts and minds of
160 million people of Pakistan.

Mohtarma lived and died as peacemaker and a warrior. She relentlessly
fought for peace and democracy throughout her life. Although she
inspired millions of people around the world but a few were extremely
threatened by her existence. In popular rise of the people, they saw a
sun quickly setting on their era.

Like their masters, Killers who took her life were also timidly
intimidated by her. They couldn't dare to pull the trigger facing her
so they shot her from the back.

She willingly walked into the face of death and she was ready to pay with her life for all of us. The soul that departed her body shall lead our
nation out of a long and dark night of suppression, mockery, and
tyranny. The politics of hate and pillage shall disappear from the
lives of people she loved.

Someday the people of Pakistan shall rise to free the nation from dictatorship, poverty, subordination, and lies. I believe that day will come sooner than later.

Some people say "she shouldn't have exposed herself to dangers" Sure, they are making a point. But they forget she had chosen a lifestyle that
traded safety and security for dreams and destiny for her people. In
her final sacrifice she made an ultimate point proving nothing else
mattered to her but the cause she lived and died for. Nothing really
mattered.

Let us pledge to finish Mohtarma's unfinished journey. Let us build
Pakistan as she envisioned in her last speech. Let it be a nation
inclusive of all religions, languages, nationalities, and ethnicities.
Let us cherish rainbow of our nation's diversity and not be threatened
by it.

Let us pledge to empower our disadvantaged and oppressed brothers and
sisters to complete the circle of freedom. Let the canons of a few
over many be the thing of the past. Let us turn the pyramid of
politics base up.

Let us pay a corporeal tribute to Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto by
restoring freedom and dignity of every child, woman, and man and make
Pakistan a nation that we can proudly call our own.

Let the supremacy of law and governance by people to be the new tenet
of the future.