Re: LeJ must stop terrorism in the name of Islam: Imran Khan
Imran’s basic following is the religious right. All the parties belonging in that bracket have had the same point of view as him. You cannot single out Imran for that.
I (as an ordinary Pakistani) have myself remained confused till 2009 (launch of Swat Operation), and mind you I was not following Imran Khan then. I have read in newspapers that how a father hit the soldiers who brought the body of his son after his death in Fata. According to him his son was a kafir since he was fighting against fellow muslims there. How can you expect all the people to take a sudden uturn and start considering those people as enemies who used to be “mujahids” only a few days ago? This is exactly what has happened in Pakistan, the brainwashing that our military establishment has carried out during the past 30 years is paying dividends now.
As far as Imran Khan being an impediment in carrying out operations in Fata, has he been consulted before launching the operations in the other six agencies of Fata, Swat/Dir and Balochistan? Leave this aside now he is asking for an operation against LEJ, why is the military not carrying out an operation against them? Has he got the power/government machinery to force the powerful mafia ruling the country to take actions as per his wishes? Does our army still consider these people as strategic assets? US draw down is nearing, I dont know if the military still has strategic objectives in Afghanistan or not. I dont know whether they will achieve those objectives or not but they will surely destroy the country.