Re: Is violence the answer?
Out man and out power the extremists... Strengthen the secualr forces till their so strong, that they extremists parties can never challeneg them..
Take the MQM for example, what religous extremist group could ever challenege their hold on Karachi?
Then, quietly assasinate loud mouth mulllah like the one in Swat... Take out Taliban leadership one by one as quietly as possible if possible.
Destroy training camps through whatever means possible...
And keep a close eye on terrorist movement across the the area...
Setup ambushes the same way as the Taliban do...
Aap tou commando style solution sonchtay hou :) I think solution is much easier and non-violent. I did not mentioned earlier because many would not like it, as for some it would mean promoting religion control in society, thought it is not. [Many retards that have evil designs in Pakistan would surely going to oppose what solution I have in my mind]. Anyhow, here is what solution I believe would work. Everything can be sorted out by one method. Control of religious education, Madrassa and Mosques.
Government should introduce ‘right education or no education policy’. That mean, no boarding madrasas in the country (for any age student). All Madrasas should be under government control (no independent madrasas). Madrassas should have three categories of students. Children under 10 should not be allowed in madrassas. Children between the ages of 10 to 18 could only go to madrassa for maximum of one hour a day 5 days a week, and that also only to learn to read Quran unless they want to do hifz, then they can go to madrassa (specially monitored) for maximum of 2 hours a day, 5 days a week (for student learning only Quran (reading or doing hifz), they can attend madrassa in evenings only ... between 4 PM to 7 PM).
If anyone wants to learn deeper Islam, they can join ‘higher education madrassa’ (minimum 4 years course, and further 2 years course if desired) only if they have finished their graduation from main stream college/university and should be at least 20 years old. These madrassa has to follow strict government syllabus and should be government controlled. First three years of 4 year course should be to learn basics of all different sects of Islam (each and every maslak and sects), a bit of all world main religions, differences and reasons of differences (so that students can appreciate and respect everyone that call themselves Muslim, and should know bits of other religions too). Next one year should be regarding the maslak or sect they want to learn. During the length of course, they can learn to read, write and speak Arabic too. At the end, they should be awarded BI (bachelor in Islam) degree (in whatever maslak/sect of Islam they want). If they want to, they can further study 2 more years and get MI (Master in Islam) degree.
All teachers in Madrassa should be graduates and should get appointed in madrassa as lecturer in grade 17. All TV and radio transmission should be government controlled and monitored when transmitting religion education. Government should also use TV and other media to spread true Islam, and I think that would also help, as Islam teaches human to respect rights of all (be they Muslim and non-Muslims) and teaches tolerance.
Reason is that, unlike other educations that teach us how to be good human being and earn our living, religion can brainwash human brain and if taught wrong things, can produce retards and zombies. Actually, if teaching religion (Islam) can also make a person good human being, but only if taught by educated teacher teaching right Islam, that is why monitoring what is taught is necessary.
Similarly, all mosques in Pakistan should be under government control and closely monitored, and government should make sure that none are used for spreading sectarian or political fitna in the country. Religious (maslak and sect) independence should be there in Pakistan, but should be monitored so that no mosque or madrassa (in private or government hand) should find any opportunity to spread fitna (militarism, terrorism, sectarian divides and hate) in the name of Islam. There should be zero tolerance on madrassa and mosque spreading fitna. Anyone found guilty of spreading fitna, should be punished without any leniency. Mosque Imams should have at least a degree and should be appointed on grade 16 (minimum).