1917hrs:
The use of cluster bombs in a conflict is a war crime and such crimes against the inhabitants of J & K continue to be allegedly perpetrated by Indian forces. It should also be noted that there is a Pakistani army post barely 300 metres away from Zeeshan's home. About a kilometre away, the Pakistani military has also erected heavy artillery in the recent past.
12 hours and over 80 kilometres of journey later, this hapless child is at bed number 26 of the surgical ward in hall 3 of Muzaffarabad's main hospital otherwise described as CMH (Civil & Military Hospital), which as the name may suggest also happens to be controlled by Pakistan's military. No media - not even local - has reported this incident as of yet.
We do understand that local journalists have to seek approval of the Pakistani military's official news monitor ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations) before posting information about incidents on the LOC. It is understood that they have to assess all news for their propaganda value.
Meanwhile, young Zeeshan's life is on the line through no fault of his own and there is no ICU (Intensive Care Unit) available for this poor soul. It has just gone past 0100hrs (1am in the morning) on the 27th of April and the hospital doctors are also saying that they only have 1 bottle of blood available for the child. If more blood is needed, the child's family will have to somehow arrange for that.
Some concerned locals are outraged that despite over 13 hours since the incident no Pakistani media channel has reported on it. Some even opine that when Pakistani army posts come under fire, many anchors "weep" on TV but when "Kashmiris" become the target of both countries' barbarism, no report comes out in Pakistani media.
This is another picture of 13 year old LOC victim Zeeshan Maqtoob Abbasi of Leepa in hospital:
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In the early hours of this morning I learned of the following incident:
This is 13 year old Zeeshan son of Maqtoob Abbasi, a class 7 student of Ghaslaan in Leepa Valley who was severely injured yesterday (Saturday the 26th of April at 1pm) when he inquisitively picked up a cluster bomb that had landed at some point near his home during recent exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani forces. The bomb exploded when he did so and the young boy lost his left hand.
The use of cluster bombs in a conflict is a war crime and such crimes against the inhabitants of J & K continue to be allegedly perpetrated by Indian forces. It should also be noted that there is a Pakistani army post barely 300 metres away from Zeeshan's home. About a kilometre away, the Pakistani military has also erected heavy artillery in the recent past.
12 hours and over 80 kilometres of journey later, this hapless child is at bed number 26 of the surgical ward in hall 3 of Muzaffarabad's main hospital otherwise described as CMH (Civil & Military Hospital), which as the name may suggest also happens to be controlled by Pakistan's military. No media - not even local - has reported this incident as of yet.
We do understand that local journalists have to seek approval of the Pakistani military's official news monitor ISPR (Inter Services Public Relations) before posting information about incidents on the LOC. It is understood that they have to assess all news for their propaganda value.
Meanwhile, young Zeeshan's life is on the line through no fault of his own and there is no ICU (Intensive Care Unit) available for this poor soul. It has just gone past 0100hrs (1am in the morning) on the 27th of April and the hospital doctors are also saying that they only have 1 bottle of blood available for the child. If more blood is needed, the child's family will have to somehow arrange for that.
Some concerned locals are outraged that despite over 13 hours since the incident no Pakistani media channel has reported on it. Some even opine that when Pakistani army posts come under fire, many anchors "weep" on TV but when "Kashmiris" become the target of both countries' barbarism, no report comes out in Pakistani media.
This is another picture of 13 year old LOC victim Zeeshan Maqtoob Abbasi of Leepa in hospital:
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