‘Our father lost his life in attack,but no one speaks about him’

Meher Khalil,who was driving the Lankan team bus,managed to escape the volley of bullets and drove the players to safety and since he has been showered with praise,rewards and hailed as a national hero. Sumera and Saadia wonder when their father will be hailed as a hero.

“Our father also lost his life in the line of duty yet no one speaks about him or the sacrifice he made. Everyone talks about the other driver or the police officers killed in the incident,but no one is saying our father also died serving the country,” said 18-year-old Sumera.

No one has mentioned Zafar even once since the terrorist attack.

Civil rights groups,NGOs,the Board and Government officials have been visiting the Liberty Chowk to pay their respect to those killed in the attack. However,Zafar’s name does not figure among the heroes.

Saleem Khan,Zafar’s brother,said his dead brother’s children were most affected after the incident. Saleem said Zafar was supposed to finalise the wedding date for his eldest daughter soon after the Sri Lanka series.

“But now he will never return home,” Saleem said.