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media__caption--black"><div class="media__excerpt">The writer is a member of staff.</div></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="story__body soft--top"> <p>AT an upscale bakery on Karachi’s Zamzama Boulevard recently, I was helping a child select a cake for his birthday. The proprietors gave us a folder of designs, most of which were pretty much what you’d expect: Dora, Tom and Jerry, Lightning McQueen, footballs, cricket, dolls, and so on. And then there was a cake decorated in white, upon which was a detailed representation of a pistol, serial number and all.</p><p>I asked the gentleman behind the counter how often this one was selected. He said as much as any other, and that it was usually picked by pre-pubescent boys. </p><p>Meanwhile, reports in the press last week quoted attendees at a peace convention in Islamabad saying that in Swat, there had been a discernible increase in the number of children fond of and using weapon-shaped pens. Writing tools in the shape of rocket launchers, pistols, knives and so on were being sold freely, they said. One participant, a Saidu Sharif college student, said she had visited several government and private schools where such pens were in vogue. “I saw children acting like the Taliban and talking about kidnapping and killing each other,” she added. </p><hr> <h4>What children play in a milieu of violence is hardly hope-affirming.</h4> <hr> <p>Now consider this: the house where I live overlooks a yard where a group of eight to 10 children play together every evening, both boys and girls, ages in the six to eight years bracket. They are from well-off families, go to good schools and play the usual games. </p><p>I hear them discussing what they’re going to play. On some days, it’s baraf pani, or cricket, or kho kho, or a replication of a classroom. On other days, they play ‘suicide bombing’. This entails one child shouting out, “Bang!” after which they all fall about saying things like, “Oh, my arm is broken” or “My head is bleeding”. Yes, I really have heard them calling out, “Let’s play suicide bombing”.</p><p>They also play bandits. Curiously enough — or perhaps not — this is the only one in which they divide themselves up gender-wise. The game involves the boys hiding in a corner, the girls walking round it chattering, and the boys jumping out at them yelling and generally being aggressive. The girls scream and run away. </p><p>On Friday, the day the MQM called a strike across the city to protest the arrest of some of its workers, a seven-year-old solemnly informed me, “sheher kay halaat bohat kharaab ho rahay hain [the situation in the city is worsening]”.</p><p>Given the violence that rules Pakistani streets, whether it is bombings or armed hold-ups, it would perhaps be surprising if children from Swat to Karachi did not play these sorts of games, and show such predilections. Across the world, through the ages, children have mimicked in their games a watered-down version of the adult world which they are grappling to understand. Along with the good, the horror that they are too young to comprehend gets turned into stories and songs, administered, so to speak, to little minds in small doses. </p><p>Consider, for example, the nursery rhyme ‘Ring, a ring of roses, a pocket full of posies,’ which is believed to have its origins in the Great Plague of London (though some dispute this) — that the ‘all fall down’ refers to falling down dead. The Brothers Grimm’s stories are far from cheery, and the cowboys and Indians game reflects a regrettable history. The world is, after all, not a pleasant place.</p><p>Nevertheless, it can be argued that regardless of the origins of the games and stories I’ve recounted, the realities of children playing them in the modern world are far removed from the risk of plague or being abandoned in the forest by poverty-stricken parents (Hansel and Gretel). </p><p>The situation Pakistan’s children face is different, though. Fear and death are the constant wcompanions of many millions of the hapless, with terrorism and poverty only the beginning. </p><p>What will be the outcome of this? What will the generations that are growing up in modern-day Pakistan, with all its problems and fault lines and divisions, look like? Some scenarios can be guessed at.</p><p>Amongst those that are relatively insulated from violence and active threats, such as children born to wealth and privilege (though even they aren’t immune), it might instil a glaring lack of empathy and human compassion. </p><p>In those that are utterly exposed to the vagaries of fate in a violent society, it may produce the glorification of and predilection for violence — hence the rocket launcher-shaped pens in Swat. Whatever scenario can be imagined, none of it is hope-affirming. </p><p>What makes me despair, though, is the cake with the gun. That means that even in the educated, wealthy and world-aware sections of Karachi, there are parents actively encouraging the gun culture. And somehow, that’s not really surprising.</p><p><em>The writer is a member of staff.</em></p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150814033121/mailto:hajrahmumtaz@gmail.com">hajrahmumtaz@gmail.com</a></p><p><em>Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2014</em></p> </div>  <div class="instory-ad"><div>  <section class="widget theme widget-adsense " data-type="adsense" data-id="552"> <div class="widget__body hard--sides pull-half"> <div>  <div style="max-width:1px;max-height:1px;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;"> <div class="radWrapper"> <div id="div-gpt-ad-1417609057698-0" class="ad" style="width:1px;height:1px"> <script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1417609057698-0'); });</script> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </section>  </div></div> <div class="push-half--ends cf"> <div class="social"> <div class="social__button social__button--facebook-like float--left soft-half--right"> <iframe 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It is sad to read about so much misery and killings in Pakistan. Our forefathers worked very hard and many gave their life in making Pakistan. </p> <p>People of Pakistan wake up before it is too late.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1372669">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1372669">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1373422"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">Parvez</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T11:41:51+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T11:41:51+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 11:41am</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>A genuine concern raised by you.......but to draw a conclusion that is all ' doom and gloom ' is a tad dramatic. For some unexplained reason Dawn never pr nits my comment for your articles.....let's hope this gets through because I enjoyed the read.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373422">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373422">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1373472"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">jen</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T11:57:33+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T11:57:33+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 11:57am</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>@Masood Khan Why it should be a surprise? Your forefathers committed a colossal blunder by dividing a beautiful nation for the sake of a stupid religion. No country in this day can survive based on religious identity. If pakistan has to survive it has to become secular. But it is not possible because its very birth is based on religion. This violence will continue till pakistan is taken over by talibans or the majority decides to revist their beliefs and become secular. Lets hope for the latter.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373472">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373472">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1373486"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">DadShah</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T12:01:47+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T12:01:47+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 12:01pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>the situation is more worse thn mentioned above, ths could b fiasco of the elite and upper middle class but impoverished strata of the society suffering frm hand to mouth to social abuses.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373486">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373486">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1373506"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">Niddercalling</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T12:05:54+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T12:05:54+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 12:05pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>Children are grown ups of tomorrow. What they see today, makes them like the world around them. But there is another side to it. It is not only what they see outside that changes them, but what happens within the four walls of home. If parents do not teat them with love and understanding and listen to them and not give them orders to do this or that or behave in certain ways, they do likewise when out in this wide world. They use threats like: If you do not do thing, I will spank you' , etc. But we know that is what we teach them. It is like watching brutal TV. That does not change our views, practical experience at home and school does. I have heard this sentence often from fathers: I hit you because I love you' WE know that is not love but a sickness that spreads in the streets of jungle outside. On top of that many get depressions and must live with them all their lives.Is loving and showing understanding really so difficult?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373506">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373506">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1373584"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">Moazzam</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T12:40:30+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T12:40:30+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 12:40pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>What a quaint and perceptive piece! Delightful read - please keep them coming.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373584">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1373584">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1374046"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">inam</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T15:49:00+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T15:49:00+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 03:49pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>in childhood it is common game nothing to do with terrorism if it is right than y not in Chitral vr also the children played such type of game .terrorism due to injustice ,poverty,............</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374046">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374046">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1374055"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">citizen</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T15:53:56+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T15:53:56+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 03:53pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>During festivals children tend to buy toys like pistol, machine gun,grenade, rocket launcher, knives is a worrysome fact. It is the responsibility of the elders to correct the kids..</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374055">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374055">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1374301"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">Khurshid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T17:34:07+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T17:34:07+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 05:34pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>I even seen so called educated doctors fire off AK47s at weddings. So what kind of example is being set for the youngsters when those who are supposed to hold life sacred behave like gangsters.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374301">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374301">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1374607"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">Kublai</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T19:19:14+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T19:19:14+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 07:19pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>Madame author kindly consider this. This country has gone over the edge. Into the abyss. It's in a free fall. However a bungee jumping cord is tied to it's waist, and a whole host of unsavory characters, encouraged by the 'educated class' are sawing away at the bungee cord. So,..what do you think? The Lone Ranger will come? Perhaps Robin Hood?...Three Musketeers?,,, er..at this point Batman,..Spiderman...Superman.... anyone..., will be welcomed.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374607">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374607">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1374707"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">AKN</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T19:58:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T19:58:41+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 07:58pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>I used to play with guns when I was a kid, but I did not grow up to be murderer.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374707">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374707">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1374867"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">Masood Khan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T20:58:11+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T20:58:11+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 08:58pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>@jen "Your forefathers committed a colossal blunder by dividing a beautiful nation for the sake of a stupid religion." From the nature of your comments it appears you are an Indian and a Hindu. I have no problem with your nationality or religion. That is your choice. BUT please don't call Islam "a stupid religion". For your information, Pakistan was created based on a religion i.e. Islam. </p> <p>I am afraid it is people like you who are creating hatred between Indians and Pakistanis. Please give up this attitude. </p> <p>For your information, Israel was created based on a religion and there is nothing wrong about it.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374867">Recommend</span><span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1134922/up-1374867">0</span> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  <div class="comment soft--bottom push--bottom" id="1375004"> <div class="grid"> <div class="grid__item nine-tenths"> <div class=""> <div class="comment__author size-four caps float--left">pathanoo</div> <div class="timeago comment__date size-four soft-half--bottom float--left" title="2014-09-29T22:01:42+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2014-09-29T22:01:42+05:00">Sep 29, 2014 10:01pm</span></div> </div> <div class="comment__body cf"> <p>Qudos, Hajrah. I am a firm believer if the women ruled the world; the world would be lot more peaceful. You have an insight. 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