Former Pakistan President and Army head General (Retd)
Pervez Musharaf once eulogized the terror elements of his nation as ‘freedom
fighters’ who were determined to liberate Jammu and Kashmir and get it annexed
with Pak occupied Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir still remains a bone of contention
between India and Pakistan. In the language of General (retd) Pervez Musharaf
Pakistan still remains the ‘core’ issue between the two nations.
Musharaf once the all in all of Pakistani establishment is
now under the custody of Pakistan who is charged with treason for usurping power
and declaring himself as the President of Pakistan is under trial who stands ‘In
the Line of Fire’ under the Pak govt led by Nawaz Sherif, the leader of
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) whose antipathy towards Musharaf is well-known.
The terror elements who were nurtured and inspired by the former
Pakistani Heads turned against their godfathers, making life miserable for the
govt and the innocent citizens.
Pushing back the former hard-core terror outfits like
Lashkar-E-Taiba, Hisbul Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Tehreek-E-Taliban
Pakistan has come to the front make life miserable for the Pakistani citizens
by suicide-bombings, blowing themselves among crowds killing hundreds and
devastating properties almost on a daily basis forcing the citizens spend
sleepless nights who are haunted by nightmares of an uncertain tomorrow. These
terror elements have turned out to be a thorn in the flesh of Pakistani Govt which
are weighing the pros and cons of dealing with these outfits either by force or
by inviting them to take part in talks on a cordial note. One would wonder Pak
govt inviting these elements for holding talks since the latter don’t have any
agenda which believe in killing for killings’ sake.
With the mounting violence perpetrated by the
Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan who went on a killing spree in quick succession
giving the govt headache, Nawaz Sherif govt, ordered his paramilitary forces to
launch attacks against these elements who are safely embedded in the harsh
terrains of Khyber- Paktunkwa to annihilate them especially its leaders who are
passing messages to their supporters and arming them with sophisticated weapons
to launch strikes across Pakistan. The more than two day strikes by Pakistan to
flush out the hard-core terrorists and shoot them without showing any mercy in
the process a number of them perished by dealing fatal blows by the
paramilitary forces which to a certain extent proved a success. But the govt
couldn’t succeed in wiping out them from the soil of the nation since the
terror strikes continued unabated which prompted Prime Minister Mr.Sherif to
invite the terror outfits for talks.
With the US army concentrating its attention to deal with Taliban
who are engaged in killing the Afghan citizens threatening the govt led by Hamid
Karzai especially when the elections are approaching nearer and nearer. Taliban’s
one and only game at present is nothing but to undertake strikes so as to block
a smooth election process. Hence a US intervention in Khyber Paktunkwa area and
target the militants safely ensconced in their havens in the hilly terrains has
become inevitable.
Furthermore, with the killing of Osama Bin Laden who was
spending his days with his wives and children at Abottabad, near the
headquarters of Pak army, US has somewhere lost its zeal to interfere in
Pakistan which is against US intervention.
The militant outfits who were once termed freedom fighters
by Musharaf, then evolved into Frankenstein monsters the terror outfits are
determined to strike at their will forcing governance an ardous task for Nawaz
Sherif govt. Pakistan once a hotbed of terrorism and manured and nurtured by
providing all logistical support and funds to take on India now find themselves
the victims of the same elements.
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