The injured driver of the late Shuja Khanzada’s died after remaining in hospital for 12 days, making the death toll of the Attock bomb blast reach 18. Khanzada, along with 16 others, was killed in a suicide blast at a political office in his residence in Shadi Khan on August 16. Khanzada’s driver, identified as Ghareeb Nawaz, died this morning in a Rawalpindi hospital. But doctors were of the view that if authorities could have sent him to United Stated of America for treatment his life could have been saved. But it took over ten days for the authorities to prepare the paper work to send him abroad and in the meanwhile he lost his life. This act reflects the discriminatory policies of the government. Perhaps he was an ordinary man, and government considered him not worthy to spend money to save his life. In our country not only the politicians and bureaucrats but also their family members use money of tax payers to visit developed countries for medical treatment purposes. We appreciate poor driver for his sacrifice, for getting injured in result of ongoing war against terrorism, we should have treated him like a hero. He should have been sent abroad immediately for his treatment. But he lost his life; he reflected the discrimination of class in our country. Our politicians have the tradition to visit foreign countries for their routine medical check-up. First of it is a dilemma that after being in power for decades politicians prefer going abroad for health check. It is not hard to assume the performance of political parties after considering miserable health care facilities in our country. If politicians claim that they have brought the positive change than it is hard to understand why they do not consider hospitals in Pakistan worthy for their routine medical check-up. Authorities could not send Shuja’s injured driver abroad for medical treatment which resulted his death.
