arrived in lahore last night...and we had planned to drive up to Bhurban where the workshop retreat was going to be conducted. Bhurban is a hill station about 3 hours above Islamabad. We would have had to drive through Islamabad to get to Bhurban.
I was really looking forward to this trip. Even lugged the big camera along with me, with great hope to see more of the north of Pakistan. Our initial plans were to stop in Islamabad on the way home, to meet with some organisations there. But we scrapped the plan last week, after the goings-on in the Lal Masjeed (Red Mosque). Then when some government offices were attacked, and the chinese visitors were kidnapped, we decided not to stop by Islamabad. But Lahore was still on, and so was Bhurban.
Received a call when i was going through immigration at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore last night. Bhurban was OFF. The Punjab gov called off the meeting, in fear of the latest developments. The siege at the Lal Masjeed, plus the end of the truce deal in the North-west Frontier. If violence breaks out in the North, and the repercussions were felt in Islamabad, we risked being stuck in Bhurban.
That wasn't a risk that the gov here was going to take. So i'm stuck in lahore for the next week...no Bhurban..sniff...maybe in Winter, if things slow down...
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