This is neither the language of sense nor of peace. Death of a teacher THE murder of a teacher in Toba Tek Singh by a gang of students whom he had caught cheating during an examination gives some indication of the sorry, and quite brutal, state of Pakistan's civil society. While invigilating a B.A. sociology paper, Abdul Latif, an assistant professor who taught chemistry at a local college, had found that some of the students were cheating. He sent their names to the Punjab University for necessary action. This act cost him his life.
Local police claim to have arrested some of the suspected assailants.
While the government should ensure that the law takes its own course, other sections of society must at least ponder over the full implications of the incident. It not only underlines the growing violence in our society but also how we have managed to downgrade education and the status of the average teacher. Apart from that, blame in this specific case must also rest with parents and families because the killers are all students. A society where children are encouraged to flaunt plastic replicas of guns and where the worst tormentors of animals seem to be children, it is no wonder that parental guidance seems thoroughly deficient. This dismal situation can improve only if the government and citizens work together to educate the people on the norms of responsible conduct under all circumstances.