Published on, Aug. 26 -- August 26, 2025 12:41 AM

In Raiwind, Lahore, two brothers were beaten to death in public after a quarrel over just thirty rupees. The cruelty of the killing is troubling, and the manner of it has sent shockwaves across the country.

A prolonged beating, captured on video, unfolded as dozens of bystanders looked on. This was not a blasphemy mob or sectarian frenzy where people fear for their own safety before intervening.

It was ordinary Pakistanis turning a petty argument into lethal punishment. That should unsettle us far more than any hollow slogan about "law and order."

Pakistan's problem is not confined to ideological extremism; it is also a deep-seated readiness to resort to everyday violence. According to...