Bus of women students targeted in Quetta

[Med911]

Re: Bus of women students targeted in Quetta

@Ali_Syed

Although there are some similarities (and at times the militants support each other) but I see LEJ and TTP as different entities. The motives of both are different, TTP wants to impose what they consider “shariah” in the country and LEJ want to create a hardline sunni state where there’s no role of shias and others.

TTP is based in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, where as LEJ is a Punjab based outfit like LET and JEM. LEJ/SSP are in the country for the past 35 years (before the creation of TTP) and they’d stay even after their defeat. TTP and LEJ can be tackled differently, after the previous attack Imran specifically asked for operations against LEJ but nothing happened. It seems as if even the state is scared of them. All the high profile attacks on the military have taken place through these militants which also called Punjabi taleban, and it seems as if their sympathizers are present in the military as well.

TTP dont like Shia either… They just have bigger fish to fry at the moment.

Other then that, i think TTP is just a Mafia with religious overtones, but very little religiosity beyond lip service. There main concern is with gaining power and retaining it. LEJ seems far more ideologically driven. Less interested in gaining power, and more interested in killing Shia.

Both are evil and dont deserve any mercy however.