Recently, a terrible incident occurred in Army Public school, Kotli, AJK. Due to security lapses a student, A, was roughened up by some fellow students who entered the school premises with prohibited arms, i.e. brass knuckles, and attacked this student.
Waiting for justice
Recently, a terrible incident occurred in Army Public school, Kotli, AJK. Due to security lapses a student, A, was roughened up by some fellow students who entered the school premises with prohibited arms, i.e. brass knuckles, and attacked this student. Security staff and administration did nothing to stop the attackers.
The question that comes to mind is why was A attacked?
It seems that two members of Disciplinary Committee, W and N, incited the students to attack A, as they illegal request was not entertained by the victim’s father, who is a vice chancellor of one of the AJK universities. W and N had threatened A many times, and abused his father in his presence. The principal of the school had been informed in writing about their threats and behaviour.
Brass knuckles are a prohibited arm and carrying of it is violation of Pakistan arm ordinance and Anti-terrorism act. It is surprising that this arm was brought into the school in the presence of the security staff.
The victim lodged a number of complaints to low level administration and 10 Core Islamabad. Inquiries were conducted but justice was not done.
Should a student face retaliation for his father’s just actions? Administration has to stop such acts before any big mishap.
A formal letter has been written to the Pakistan Army Chief to look into the matter as we believe that the pen is mightier than the sword.
A Student of Army Public School, Kotli, AJK
Query
Dear Us,
This is with reference to Us Poetry Competition ‘17. I want to ask the eligibility criteria for participating in this competition, especially the age of the participant. My son, Syed Muhammad Qasim Hassan Rizvi, is eleven-and-a-half years old. He is a published writer and has presented his writings at different fora including Pakistan Academy of Letters, National Council of the Arts, World Future Forum and many others.
Can he send his poetry for the above-mentioned Us Competition? He is a kid but his poems are not kiddish.
Also, how many poems can be sent and what is the word or stanza limit? Will you please further tell: can he send a poem in this competition which has been published and shared on Facebook?
Summarizing the above, I need to know:
(i) The age limit of the participant - minimum and maximum
(ii) Number of poems that can submitted simultaneously
(iii) Word-count and stanza limit
(iv) Acceptability of a poem which has been shared only on Facebook but not published in print media
I understand that you cannot reply to emails personally, but I have a sanguine hope that you will rmake an exception to the rules once, by emailing me the answers to the questions mentioned above, as soon as possible.
Mrs Farwa Hassan
Hi Farwa,
There is no age limit, but we would like to point out that most of our amazing young poets are college/university students, so this is the type of competition your son will have to contend with. Each participant can submit one entree. There is no limit on word count, lines per stanza and number of stanzas, but please bear in mind that the poem should not be too long. We suggest you look up ‘Poets’ Corner’ to get some idea about the length of poems. And finally, as a matter of policy, any poem that is already published on any medium is automatically excluded. Hope this helps!
Reflection
Narrated by Abu Huraira (R.A)
Whenever a dead man in debt was brought to Allah’s Apostle he would ask, “Has he left anything to repay his debt?” If he was informed that he had left something to repay his debts, he would offer his funeral prayer, otherwise he would tell the Muslims to offer their friend’s funeral prayer. When Allah made the Prophet wealthy through conquests, he said, “I am more rightful than other believers to be the guardian of the believers, so if a Muslim dies while in debt, I am responsible for the repayment of his debt, and whoever leaves wealth (after his death) it will belong to his heirs.”
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 37, Number 495
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