Dr. Shahid Masood in Jang: Who were they and where did they go?

A respected journalist from Pakistan Dr. Shahid Masood narrates a story of 2 sisters--the younger of of whom was approximately 10 years old who studied at the now famous madressa in Islamabad: Jamiah hafsa. He went to the madrssa a couple of months ago to interview the students at the madressa and the brothers who ran it. Anyways the article narrates how the young 10-year old took his cell number and kept sending him text messages over the last little while with ayahs, hadiths, etc. He talked to the sisters on the phone when the fighting was in it's initial phase. They seem very confident that the crissis would not escalate. Dr. Shahid Masood tries to convince them to come out but to no avail. After the final push by the government, Dr. Shahid Masood calls their number and finds out from the sobbing young 10 year old saying that her elder sister has died. The phone cuts off afterwards leaving Dr. Masood in a sad state. {READ URDU ARTICLE HERE}

I think the best thing about the article is that it successfully presents the human side of things. The people on the perceived"other side" were after all humans as well even if they had made errors in judgments and were most likely not dealt with in the best way--specially right before the final push by the forces was made. Negotiations should not have been disbanded within 15 minutes.