@TPRPod London,office of Jang, Geo, had been reading a book by Benazir Bhutto, finished the last 2 chapters after her death,it was eerie, anyway, I had placed my things on my desk and gone to make coffee,I was thinking it will be a bland day news wise because Pak will be busy with rally
@TPRPod Suddenly, I heard running footsteps, a senior reporter from Jang ran to @aamirghauri at his desk and told him that there was a blast and BB was badly injured, everyone ran to turn on the volumes of all TV screens, there was huge panick everywhere in office
@TPRPod @aamirghauri I called our desk in Karachi, they said they were not sure what happened, everyone had hoped she would be safe like last time, the reporter at the rally in Rawalpindi was totally shocked, I remember the news of her death was already being murmured at burue before it was announced
@TPRPod @aamirghauri I had also been writing emails to @sherryrehman Victoria Shcoefield for a possible interview with Benazir Bhutto, it was uncanny that this happened so unexpectedly. I went on an assignment to take vox pops from public in London. What struck me so hard was that everyone knew her
@TPRPod @aamirghauri @sherryrehman I discussed that evening with my father the sentiment I had found for Benazir Bhutto in London, he told me she was a darling of press everywhere.He told me how once he had found her book in a remote village in Russia in Russian translation and he was also surprised at her reach.
@TPRPod @aamirghauri @sherryrehman She was truelly the soft image of Pakistan. On my way back home, I stopped at London bridge and placed some flowers there for her in her memory. It was a sad, sad day indeed. Even London evening was longer, colder and rife with piognance. May Allah bless her with highest jannah.
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