Dead cannot speak for themselves

Rawalpindi

Like the past, this year too, the residents in town witnessed heaps of garbage in and around almost all graveyards particularly in city areas.

In Pakistan, it is a tradition to visit graveyards on the festive occasion of Eid to say 'fateha' on the graves of their dear-ones and soon after Fajar prayer on the first day of Eid, the graveyards were filled with visitors though majority were aloof to the filth and garbage in and around graveyards.

When one visits graveyards on Eid occasion, he or she expect it to be clean and organized but for the last many years, it has become an expectation not to be fulfilled, said Hira Syed, a visitor to Jadeed Qabristan in Dhoke Elahi Buksh while talking to 'The News' on Wednesday.

According to many visitors in Jadeed and Qadeem Qabristan in Dhoke Khabba area, the heaps of garbage in and around graveyards are because of the ignorance of concerned authorities and residents as well because nobody shows concern on the subject.

The graveyards becoming filthy are examples of negligence on the part of the concerned authorities.

The whole situation compels one to think that dead cannot speak for themselves and it is public that has to raise voice for cleanliness of graveyards.