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DAWN Editorials: 23 October 2023, Monday
End the slaughter
TWO weeks after Hamas staged an unprecedented attack inside Israel, and Tel Aviv responded
with savagery, Palestinians continue to face the merciless assault of the Israeli war machine.
However, a tiny sliver of hope appeared on Saturday when the Rafah crossing that links Egypt to
Gaza was finally opened, allowing 20 trucks of aid for over 2m people into the besieged Strip.
While Israel is determined to starve Palestinian civilians to death, it took the personal
intervention of the UN secretary general to open the crossing and allow in limited aid. As António
Guterres, who visited Rafah, observed, there are `food trucks on one side and empty stomachs on
the other`. The UN and all states with a conscience must ensure this is not a token display of
compassion, and that the requisite amount of aid reaches Gaza`s people without restriction. Yet
welcome as this development is, the world should be under no illusion that Israel has suddenly
realised the human catastrophe it has unleashed in Gaza. A ground invasion of the Strip is very
much on the cards, and knowing the brutality of the Israeli military, the civilian toll may go up
significantly. Already over 4,000 Palestinians, many of them children, have died during the
conflict. This is more than the number of deaths in the two Intifadas. Despite these appalling
figures, those who run the international `rules-based order` feel no compassion for Palestinians.
Over the past few days, the US vetoed two UNSC resolutions one Russian, the other Brazilian that
called for a humanitarian ceasefire. As the Russian UN representative noted, the Security Council
had become `hostage to the selfish intentions of the Western bloc`.

The international community at least those of its members that consider Palestinians worthy of
basic dignity must insist on an immediate cessation of hostilities. Furthermore, Israel needs to
be warned that continuing slaughter of civilians during a ground invasion will not be tolerated.
Once the bloodshed stops, a serious effort, led by the Global South, must be undertaken to
permanently solve the Palestine issue, ensuring a viable Palestinian state, and an end to the daily
humiliation of the Arabs by Israel. The West has shown that it is not and arguably has never been
an honest broker in the Arab-Israeli dispute. That`s why states with a more measured approach
to the issue, such as Russia and China, as well as South Africa and Brazil, can lead the effort.
History will look back at these dark times and bear witness to the ordinary people in the East and
West who stood in solidarity with Palestine`s defenceless civilians. It will also remember that the
world`s most powerful states who could have stopped the violence abetted Israel`s butchery of
the Palestinian people.

Sr.# Word Part of Speech Meaning in Urdu Synonyms

01 Unprecedented Adjective ‫ومعمیل‬

‫یغ ر‬ ‫ ر‬،‫ےباثمل‬ Unparalleled, unique
02 Savagery Noun ‫ی‬
‫وخرنزی ر‬،‫وایشحہننپ‬ Cruelty, barbarity
03 Besieged Adjective ‫ ِھگرےوہ ر‬،‫وصحمر‬
‫ئ‬ Overwhelmed, beset
04 Conscience Noun ‫ر‬
‫ریمض‬ Moral sense
05 Requisite Adjective ‫رضوری‬
‫ر‬ Necessary, obligatory
06 Unleashed Verb ‫وھچڑرا‬،‫اُاترا‬ Released, discharged
07 Intifadas Noun ‫ت‬
‫وینیطسلفںیکاغبو ر‬ Uprisings, revolts
08 Cessation Noun ‫ااتتخم‬ Termination, end
09 Broker Noun ‫ذمارکاتاک رر‬ Negotiator, adviser
10 Abetted Verb ‫دمدیکر‬ Assisted, supported

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DAWN Editorials: 23 October 2023, Monday

Pulled strings
Sheik Rashid Ahmed, the bombastic head of the Awami Muslim League, has become the latest
leader to be dragged in front of a camera to convince the public that PTI chairman Imran Khan
deserves to be penalised by the state for his actions. The practice has become so commonplace
that an Islamabad High Court judge once recommended to a PTI leader facing victimisation that
he addresses a press conference and be rid of his legal troubles. It is evident that the
establishment wants the citizenry to accept that Mr Khan is persona non grata in Pakistani
politics. However, Pakistan`s history has shown that deliberate attempts especially by forces that
have nothing to do with electoral politics to sideline a political party and its leaders will not
necessarily sway public opinion and may, in fact, complicate the challenge for these forces. The
state`s crude attempts to silence dissent and turn people away from popular leaders in the past
has had quite the opposite effect in several cases. In the present instance, whisking away
politicians and anchors, then lying about their whereabouts in court, only to have them
magically reappear on TV, is not a viable strategy, and is only widening the gap between the
people and the state.

Many PTI leaders and sympathisers have already publicly distanced themselves from Mr Khan.
But while the PTI chairman`s self-centredness, considerable ego and flawed understanding of
politics obviously did not help him or his party, the general consensus seems to be that most of
those who abandoned him did not do so of their own volition. Additionally, while only fair
elections can provide a decisive answer, Mr Khan continues to be a popular politician for many
potential voters. For this reason, there are few who are ready to take the statements of the
reappearing PTI politicians at face value. Through these pages, this publication has reminded
those making the decisions at the top that popular leaders hailing from any political party cannot
be removed from the political equation based on forced arithmetic. As long as Pakistan remains a
democracy, it is the people who will decide politicians` fates with their votes. The state cannot
reduce politics to a farce and expect people to believe its narrative. The establishment`s
shenanigans have a long history, and the public now can see through its machinations.

Sr.# Word Part of Speech Meaning in Urdu Synonyms

01 Bombastic Adjective ‫اھبریاھبریاافلظوبےنل روا رل‬ Pretentious, verbose

02 Penalized Verb ‫ی‬
‫زساد ر‬ Punished, fined

03 Evident Adjective ‫اظرہ‬ Obvious, apparent

04 Deliberate Adjective ‫رک‬
‫اجنوبھج ر‬ Thoughtful, cautious

05 Sway Verb ‫ارثادنازوہان‬ Influence, control

06 Volition Noun ‫ض‬
‫رم ر‬ Wish, decision, choice

07 Hailing Verb ‫رساانہ‬ Greeting, welcoming

08 Farce Noun ‫زماہیحڈراہمر‬،‫امتاش‬ Circus, mockery, sham

09 Shenanigans Noun ‫ں‬

‫اطیشاین ر‬ Trickeries, mischiefs
10 Machinations Noun ‫یش‬
‫اسز ر‬ Conspiracies, intrigues

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DAWN Editorials: 23 October 2023, Monday

Past perfect
IN Pakistan, antiquity has been at odds with the politics of ideology and identity, leading
to a partisan concept of culture based on dominance. Therefore, Thursday`s judgement
by a division bench of the Sindh High Court`s Hyderabad circuit on the preservation of
Nagarparkar`s Karoonjhar Hills and their `protection in conformity with international
guidelines` was momentous as it endorsed the range as a well of heritage. The order
stated that `the entire range of Karoonjhar Hills is one monument under the law and
cannot be divided into pieces and portions`. The court also called for the resurrection of
every Jain temple in its original form and those statues declared as world heritage be
made available.

Sindh`s forgotten ties with Jainism nestle in the depths of Nagarparkar and Karoonjhar
Hills, a range which some archaeologists say is nearly three billion years old. Nourished
by the lost Hakra river, the area throve as a cultural hub in the Chalcolithic and
Paleolithic ages. The pink granite stretch, once known as Kinro, is still encrusted with
magnificence: Bodhesar, Sadhro, Ambaji, Virawah temples, the Gorri Jain Mandir and a
Bodhesar mosque. Almost six kilometres from central Nagarparkar stands a complex of
three Bodhesar Jain temples built in 1375 AD and in 1449 AD; two have domes carved
from Karoonjhar stone and the third is in complete decay. While the higher Bodhesar
temple, with an uneven stone stairwell, was said to be by the Gulf of Sindhu, Bodhesar
talao and a white marble mosque built in 1505 are at the foot of the hills. Such relics, and
the remains of the fifth-century Parinagar Fort, which connected Karoonjhar to the sea,
illustrate how sacred the slopes were to Jains. The least we can do today is to ensure that
all beautiful residues of the past do not fade away as besides monetary rewards, such
vestige reconnects us to our humane, accepting selves an invaluable inheritance for
future generations.

Sr.# Word Part of Speech Meaning in Urdu Synonyms

01 Antiquity Noun ‫دقاتم‬ Antient times
02 Momentous Adjective ‫امہ‬ Significant, historic

03 Endorsed Verb ‫وتقیثیک‬ Permitted, recognized

04 Monument Noun ‫ایداگر‬ Memorial, testimonial
05 Resurrection Noun ‫دوابرہزدنہوہےناکلمع‬ Revival, rebirth
06 Nestle Verb ‫آابدوہ ران‬،‫لغبریگوہان‬ Settle, snuggle
07 Encrusted Adjective ‫وخلدارر‬ Covered, coated
08 Relics Noun ‫ایداگر‬،‫اشنین‬ Leftovers, ruins

09 Residues Noun ‫ت‬

‫ابایق ر‬ Remains, remainders
10 Vestige Noun ‫ش‬ Sign, indication, hint
‫ ِ ا‬،‫العتم‬
‫ننر‬

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