Pakistan's counter terrorism policy

[Ali_Syed]

Re: Pakistan’s counter terrorism policy

@Silaaj

There really is no terrorism strategy in place as such. Army operations have never succeeded in establishing lasting peace in Pakistan. US army couldnt do it in Iraq, nor in Afghanistan. Specifically in Pakistan, military operations are also hampered by a lack of political will, and fear of public retribution.
Unfortunately, no Pak govt has ever undertaken any meaningful negotiations. The only realistic ‘negotiated agreement’ is that of PML-N (or Punjab govt) with the TTP and LEJ. Not sure why PML-N cant come up with the political will to use the same leverage for the entire country. They have a very strong mandate, and they can manage it quite well, if they want to. They have always touted the fact that Punjab has been relatively peaceful, compared to other provinces. Now they have a big central mandate. It should be simple to replicate the same countrywide, no?

The peace in Punjab seems to be temporary, maybe to gain foothold and reorganization. If the peace efforts with taleban fail, I foresee a very dangerous time approaching for Punjab.