After decades of supporting militants in Afghanistan and India for our strategic objective it looks like Pakistan could end up being in the worst position of all. The sectarian violence seems out of control and neither the Government or the Security apparatus appear interested in dealing with it. In my humble opinion I do not believe that the killing of Hazara’s in Quetta can be done without “someone” knowing. After years of army action against the militants, the militants do not seem any weaker and can still wreak havoc. In 2010 I was confident that militants would never be able to take over Pakistan but somehow, somewhere they to get a lifeline.
I am not saying that Imran Khan will be responsible but if he wins the next election and allies with the Jamat Islami we can only seen a further empowerment of militant groups a push for a more radicalized nation. After years of commanding militancy in Afghanistan, will Pakistan finally suffer the same fate? I hope not but for the first time i have never been this uncertain. When the militants took over Swat and Buner I knew the army would get the districts back fairly easily (that was just a drama) so I never felt uncertain but now if the ones who are supposed to deal with the militants breed them what hope have we ?
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I hope not we have already paid a lot during the past 10 years, but as far as operations are concerned they have been against taleban which could have some agreements on some issues otherwise there is a difference in taleban and the sectarian killers.
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The question is why Hazara's in Baluchistan or Shia in Karachi are being killed? Who is supporting them? These radicals definitely have support, to carry out such sectarian cleansing without trace. IK has failed to suggest any solution in his speech.
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No didn't say anything about the sectarian killings and how he will tackle the groups but otherwise he claims that he will talk and try to bring them in the mainstream. It might work for some groups who have sprung up as a result of the war in Afghanistan, but I don't see that working against the sectarian killers. I have seen people of sipah e Sahaba very closely and they have a lot of hatred for other sects which can't be removed through negotiations, but anyways lets see he is neither in power now and who knows who will win the next elections.
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The question is why Hazara's in Baluchistan or Shia in Karachi are being killed? Who is supporting them? These radicals definitely have support, to carry out such sectarian cleansing without trace. IK has failed to suggest any solution in his speech.
lovely... you can see failure of a speech but not failure of a government. provision of law and order is first responsibiliy of any government and you guys are blaming someone who is not even member of parliament.
talk about being blind!
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Chickens are coming home to roost indeed. When the thugs were after Ahmadis, their first targets, we warned the rest of you that they would come after you eventually. Even now, the systematic persecution of Ahmadis has no comparison in Pakistan.
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Zia-ul-Haq ki yaad main do shukraney kay nafal ada kiya karo
U reap what u sow .... quite simple to understand isn't it ?
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I brought up the name of IK not as a criticism but as a potential future scenario just in case he wins or forms a coalition government with JI. There is a chance that both could over sympathise with the militants or even turn a blind eye to intelligence services using militant groups as proxies. It is the current PPP governments duty with its coalition partners to deal with militancy. It is their duty to find the solution.
@ Chacha Ghalib - the "persecution" of Qadiyanis is different in the sense that it actually goes pre-Afghan Jihad. The perseuction of Shias has started mainly after 1979.
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