Mashallah. Nawaz Sharif has now finally come out to voice opposition to the extremists and the effects of the Swat deal. Is Nawaz Sharif showing solidarity with other political parties that have steadfastly opposed the Swat deal?
The disquiet expressed by Nawaz Sharif over aspects of the Swat peace deal marks a significant break with his past public posture on the Taliban and offers a glimmer of hope for those seeking a united front to tackle the growing threat of militancy. In an interview to USA Today, the former prime minister was more critical than normal of the Taliban and their threat to export their harsh version of Sharia and capture power in other parts of the country. He stated unequivocally that any deal with the militants must not allow democracy to be derailed or the writ of the government to be challenged. This marks an important shift for a leader who has long been accused of being soft on the Taliban and displaying an unacceptable degree of ambivalence in his public stance on the threat the militants pose.
Two factors seem to have pushed Nawaz Sharif towards finally drawing this red line. First, the initial public euphoria over the Swat peace deal, which was seen as offering a glimmer of hope in ending the bloodshed in the area, seems to be diminishing. The inflammatory statements by Sufi Mohammad against parliament and the judiciary, the expansionist forays of the Taliban into districts neighbouring Swat and the continuing spate of suicide attacks have caused alarm bells to rings even among those initially willing to give the peace deal the benefit of the doubt. There has been a distinct shift in public opinion, not least in Punjab, Nawaz Sharif’s power base. Ever the populist, Sharif seems to have sensed the changing public mood.
Second, and perhaps more significantly, the world is beginning to pay attention to Nawaz Sharif, particularly after his role in the lawyers’ long march hit the headlines worldwide. For too long, the west had written off Nawaz Sharif as someone too close to the religious right in his approach towards the war on terror and the threat of extremism. In recent weeks, the former prime minister has seen a steady trickle of western notables knocking at his door, eager to rebuild links with a person they see as a potential future prime minister. Having disastrously put all their eggs in the Musharraf basket in the past, the west has clearly decided to hedge its bets this time round. Sharif’s change of tune over the Taliban is clearly an attempt to dispel the western suspicion that he is a closet extremist at heart.
The break with the ambivalence of the past will strengthen the hands of those who have called for a broad national consensus to face the extremist threat. After all, the PML-N is the second largest party in the country and has a massive support base in Punjab.** Nawaz Sharif’s belated decision to come off the fence could be a sign that important sections of the population have finally decided to come out of denial mode and accept that the extremists are indeed knocking at the door.**
With the grace of Allah , our nation will inshallah deal with the taliban in a just way... they are killers and comiting kufr in the name of Islam ... however the "real" muslims will not let this threat take over their country or their religion.
I hope the politicians take a tough stance on Taliban and take stingent measures to keep them at bay and get their hold back on the Swat valley and send all the useless Taliban to Afghanistan ..
N$ is agreed with USA to perform the duty. Musharraf **has really a powerful soul;
He had already warned **N$ about this;
Now the soul perhaps left Zardari
And entered in N$ body
But what good would that be ... as he is supposed to be leading only a tonga-party?
True, he is not an important enough entity, but others like him who follow the same ideology and are in important positions do matter. Parts of this is a media war and the propaganda from the pro jihadis is very heavy right now.
Parts of this is a media war and the propaganda from the pro jihadis is very heavy right now.
I think in fairness to media they have come out harshly against Taliban. Just watch GEO, Dawn, etc. has been asking & pressure govt to take actions against these lawless elements. I think media is owned by people who see their businesses going down if Taliban took over so they have stake in this & to prevent Taliban take over.
^Yes, but t may be too little too late. They should have come out against talibs when the first videos of their jihadi brutality were being sold in markets in nwfp and elsewhere.
Time has proven that the liberal elements of society like the MQM have been right since the 80's on the threat of jihadism. The right wingers like jamaat, nawaz and chota nawaz, immi and other ziaists have been exposed as frauds and are naked in front of the truth of jihadi barbarism.
I still remember their statements not too long ago on how jaish/lashkar are holy mujahideen and could never attack pakistan bla bla.
^^^ I think we should get what we can even at this stage. Pakistani electronic media has been used by Taliban to promote their so called "sharia". There is no question about that. There should be strict laws baring media from promoting jihadi terrorism in Pakistan.
BTW, what I find so Ironic is that ANP which has been pretending to be looking after Pashtoon interest for last 60 years have essentially sold the people NWFP to Taliban. Maybe ANP did not get the msg, but people of NWFP outsted mullahs in elelction and elected secualr ANP becasuec they were tired of MMA. Now Swat & rest of the areas around there have been handed to Taliban & ANP people are defending Taliban actions.
With the grace of Allah , our nation will inshallah deal with the taliban in a just way... they are killers and comiting kufr in the name of Islam ... however the "real" muslims will not let this threat take over their country or their religion.
I hope the politicians take a tough stance on Taliban and take stingent measures to keep them at bay and get their hold back on the Swat valley and send all the useless Taliban to Afghanistan ..
The post is about N$. Do you remeber that these all evels were created by the real son of Sardar ul Munafiqeen and he announced N$ as his son
Remember what I said in your earlier thread about NS government in Punjab. He will be the first one to say YES SIR to uncle sam if the rule is handed over to him. Uncle Sam ne hi us ko Mush ke etaab se bachaya tha, aor ye hi uncle sam hay jo us ne NS ko SA se long vacation khatam kar ke Pakistan bejwaya.
God Bless Uncle Sam.:)
Its a shame that liberal MQM element was never extended to virtually every other ethnic group in Karachi.
You should not use words like liberal in association with groups like MQM - they are like chalk and cheese.
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Time has proven that the liberal elements of society like the MQM have been right since the 80's on the threat of jihadism. The right wingers like jamaat, nawaz and chota nawaz, immi and other ziaists have been exposed as frauds and are naked in front of the truth of jihadi barbarism.
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Remember what I said in your earlier thread about NS government in Punjab. He will be the first one to say YES SIR to uncle sam if the rule is handed over to him.** Uncle Sam ne hi us ko Mush ke etaab se bachaya tha**, aor ye hi uncle sam hay jo us ne NS ko SA se long vacation khatam kar ke Pakistan bejwaya.
God Bless Uncle Sam.:)
Oh yeah, why SA did not come to rescue him earlier? He was not even allowed to give political statements for many years and he was restrained to rest house of king.
What do you think of SA? Do you think King has guts to decide such issues without the blessings of Uncle Sam? If SA would have been so independent, Palestinians would not have suffered so much at the hands of Israel. SA is just like a colony to Uncle Sam. It can not ignore HIM.:)
Its a shame that liberal MQM element was never extended to virtually every other ethnic group in Karachi.
You should not use words like liberal in association with groups like MQM - they are like chalk and cheese.
MQM was formed due to ethnic based exploitation of mohajirs - that's a fact and I don't want go into a historical debate over this. But a group can be ethnic based and still be liberal and progressive in it's outlook. Examples are everywhere, including in Pakistan.
Oh yeah, why SA did not come to rescue him earlier? He was not even allowed to give political statements for many years and he was restrained to rest house of king.
What do you think of SA? Do you think King has guts to decide such issues without the blessings of Uncle Sam? If SA would have been so independent, Palestinians would not have suffered so much at the hands of Israel. SA is just like a colony to Uncle Sam. It can not ignore HIM.:)
There are certain things KSA "can`t" do without SAM's permission but there are certain decisions they can make without looking upto SAM. If US didn't object on NS's rescue by SA it doesn't imply that it was US who rescued NS.
