The Nation.pk --- (Khurshid Akhtar Khan says Saudi Arabia supports terroists TTP and Killers of hazara Shias) 10-June-2013 " Time for tough decisions " June 09, 2013 Khurshid Akhtar Khan (writes) Joseph Stalin once said: “Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.” ----------------------------------------- Unconfirmed news is circulating in the media of a Saudi offer to supply oil on deferred payment. Very generous and very timely from a brotherly Muslim nation with a personal affection and rapport with the incoming Prime Minister. What is not being discussed is what would they want in return? Would they want us to turn a blind eye to the target killing of the Hazaras, to give a freehand to TTP or a lenient attitude towards Musharraf? Or would they want us to follow the American dictates, routed delicately through them? There is never a free lunch!------------------------------------------------- Presently, all our state affairs, foreign and domestic, have touched the rock bottom. We are a pariah around the world, looked at with suspicion wherever we go. Our relations with the immediate neighbours are cool, if not hostile. We have the Taliban in the north spreading all the way to the south, the insurgents in the west, the mafias in Karachi, extremist training camps in south Punjab and the coterie of a handful of corrupt politicians in collusion with the bureaucracy dedicated to a mission to empty the treasury. All of them combined have created disorder, terror and economic and social collapse throughout the country. The deadly religious zealots have no qualms in killing Muslim men praying in mosques, in funeral processions, madrassas and imambargahs. They have killed political workers, army jawans and officers, rangers, the police and anyone wearing a uniform. They have attacked military and security installations. These miscellaneous groups, based deep within our society, have been escaping the arm of the law primarily due to ineffective prosecution and the reluctance of judges to give judgments for fear of their lives in a backlash.One of the countless and faceless Taliban groups that had made a much trumpeted offer of dialogue, withdrew it, just as the very people they had chosen were about to assume positions of authority for result-oriented negotiations. Hardly an endorsement of sincerity! The incoming government needs to divert its attention from chasing these shadows hiding in the mountains and in safe houses. Some of them are found in our minds.We need to devise a two-pronged strategy to apprehend and eliminate these elements that are well within our reach. ---------------------------------------------- . nation.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/columns/09-Jun-2013/time-for-tough-decisions
Posted on: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:50:46 +0000
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