The Need for Emergence Response to Bomb blasts in Pakistan

The bomb blasts in Pakistan have become all too frequent to have a shock value any more. Now, not the news of the blasts but the body count of killed and injured is what makes terrorist disaster a news on the national broadcast. Although we are all scared of being a victim to a bomb blast, there is a general social apathy and public indifference towards mitigating the traged. Despite more than 1,500 people killed and even more injured in the bomb blasts this year, still there are no signs of national concern raised for the victims of bomb blasts either by the vibrant civil society or the democratic government of PPP. The human costs of the war on terror have not be taken into account and the institutional arrangements  for disaster preparedness and mitigation hardly exists.

Read what the victims of Lahore Moon Market bombings have to say! The intention of the post is not to whip the concerned state departments such as police, hospitals, morgues but to highlight the need for a Task Force that can coordinate the activities of the line departments and act as a resource center for the families of terror victims and survivors.