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I know that many people had foremost better written quick reports on the burnt alive Christians, their houses and churches in Korian and Gojra, Punjab, Pakistan than mine but along with these words I was busy to share my shoulder and arms to huge and wiping the tears along as per of my conscious built and duty as per of the employee of National Commission for Interfaith Dialogues and Ecumenism.

I lived in the burnt localities for ten days. I had gone through the late night talks, short sleeps, short food, shared toilet, sleeping on ground, living without electricity in the hot sunny summer of 45 centigrade of heat, leg rashes and … lot to observe the traumas of them. Despite of all the hard time I gained a good treasure of friends and people who feel free to share with me.

The material loses are compensated by government, Churches and civil society very quickly. But what about the followings: 

• Feeling of insecurity from sudden unknown harms and hits;
• Shakes and shivering upon any gunfire like noise;
• Shouting for nothing;
• Upset stomachs;
• Sever headaches;
• Phobias of smoke colors;
• Sleep disorders;
• The little children see illusion of the militant attackers;
• The mosques loudspeakers spread body shivering and hypertensions;
• The horror dreams and sleeplessness;
• The little girls ran frightened while seeing any beard man;
• Digestive disorders and loose motions;
• The people feel like weeping;
• They have decreased or no appetite and thirst or highly increased appetite and thirst;
• The young boys shout abuses to their house wreckers in anger;
• The elder people are much grieved ad sad sighing and murmuring in tear and fear;
• The women always forbade their male to move out of the locality;
• Some blame on others and some on themselves;
• Some have cardiovascular strains;
• Some have Hyper-arousal;
• Some feel deprived and isolated;
• Some want to be totally lonely;
• There is a strong feeling of doubt, uncertainty and distrust even among the families and neighborhoods;
• And a lot more

And I think these are the damages beyond compensation. Who knows that this would take decades to heal-up or to revolute like British Rowlett Act with a geographical separation?

I would be much interested to listen your comments and critics.

Reflections by:

Inderias Dominic Bhatti