Med911
March 16, 2013, 3:00am
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Re: Army soldier from Punjab stoned to death in Kurram agency for affair
There are a few things in which the local people cannot do anything, and that includes constitutional changes in the country to bring FATA under Pakistani judicial system. Have you heard of any place in the world where collective punishments can be given for the crime of a few? Isnt that similar to what the mob did in Badami bagh? The difference is that one is done on an individual basis and the other on the state level. The biggest cause of spread in chaos and extremism in the society is power vacuum (we have seen the impacts of this in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Egypt). To reduce extremism in FATA, we will need to provide good governance there and improve the judicial system.
This holds good for all of Pakistan including those living in settled areas.
They could be conservative, but being conservative itself is not that much of an issue. The problem that we have now is extremism in which a big role has been played by our military and intelligence? Can we fully blame the tribals now?
They were independent then and they are independent now. 65 years are a long time, we could have brought them within the framework in a diplomatic and peaceful manner. The rules for FATA are different, if we dont change them we will keep on discussing the same things in the future.
Not exactly stoning, but people are killed through out the country on similar pretexts.
I do not really get your gist of this post, do you think that Pakistan should keep the draconian FCR laws to govern FATA?
As far as I am concerned, I think tribals are also humans and they should be treated will full respect and dignity. FATA should be formed a province or included in KP (referendum can be held to ascertain the decision of the people), FCR should be abolished and Pakistani judicial and constitutional laws be extended to FATA. FATA province is the most important at the moment.
If you guys remember the situation of Gilgit/Baltistan also started deteriorating a few years ago and the reason was due to governance issues. One good thing that the present goverment has done is to convert GB into a province which has improved the situation there.
Im saying bringing them into the system is a cosmetic solution … Its sounds nice, but what difference will that make? Like you said, the mainstream is just as bad. The problem isnt how the govt deals with the tribes, its how the tribal society exists unto itself. This soldier was killed not because of FCR, but because of the nature of the tribal society itself. Bringing them into the mainstream is not going to change these aspects of their culture.