SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)
Youhanabad is part of a constituency Shahbaz Sharif had contested in the last general election and his famed metro bus which runs through the area was promptly attacked and brought to a halt by protesters after the blast. But while these may be serious reasons in less unusual periods for the chief minister to dash to the spot, in recent times, he does not appear too keen on making these quick, reassuring trips to the scene of the crime.It is little surprise that the PML-N is also not to be found engaged in any exercise in damage-control. This is not its style, nor, for that matter, the preferred mode for many others. If an effort is on, whoever is making it has to keep it as low-key as possible. And of course criticism of the government action to restore normality to the area has to be measured given the sensitivity of it all. In such a situation, it is no surprise that the more vocal statements about the complications faced in the restoration effort emerges in the form of whispers and sighs from the first line of law enforcers, the police. The ‘exploitation’ of the police by the political leadership in the Model Town incident last year provides the standard background and justification for the lack of initiative on the part of the police in Youhanabad after the blasts and lynching.
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