Pakistan's counter terrorism policy

[Sohaib]

Re: Pakistan’s counter terrorism policy

@khoji

If’s and But’s have NOT disappeared. Imran and Nawaz STILL consider this war against extremism nothing but an American war which we have been forced to join.

Here is an example of Imran shying away from condemning Taliban clearly without if’s and but’s:

Shooting down drones will be a last resort: Imran Khan – The Express Tribune
Khan, whose less than critical view of Taliban has earned him the moniker ‘Taliban Khan,’ condemned the day-time attack on the teenage peace activist Malala Yousufzai in Swat.However, when he was asked why did he not condemn the Taliban who had claimed responsibility for the attack, Khan defended his decision not to be so candid.“We have local affiliates and supporters. Sure I can give big statements against the Taliban, but that would make them [supporters] Taliban targets,” said the PTI chief.

That was wrong. And since then IK has changed his tone to be a bit more candid. But the thing remains the same. We need to acknowledge that we as a nation are worse off in this war of terror then we were 8 years ago and we just cannot afford this stance to go on. We need a change in strategy and if IK is wrong in his three point strategy, what others got? They need to sit down and discuss those out. PPP and PML-N do not even know what to do. Any suggestion? There will have to be some sort of parallel activity with military offensive..