Imran Khan's Yet another fake measure

After being outwitted by militants by all counts, an unnamed spokesman of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday has announced that his party chief Imran Khan would chair a national conference, which will be attended by intellectuals and religious scholars, on October 5 to discuss ways to eliminate terrorism. The bomb blasts in the last week have left hundreds of Muslims and non-Muslim countrymen dead, flouting the so-called strong security arrangements erected by the herds of the security agencies. The political leadership in the Centre and in the KPK had been confined to issue condemnation of the bloody incidents, vowing to arrest the culprits—a promise that they had failed to fulfill at least in 12 years or so. Falling short of the ideas to counter terrorist strikes, the PTI that earlier banked on holding another All Party Conference, now has decided to convene the National Conference of intellectuals and religious scholars to seek their guidance. The PTI chief may have its philosophy to tackle the issue yet his public oratory does not make any sense how he can advocate the security agencies that hardly writ over the terrorists to announce unilateral ceasefire for initiating the peace process with the outlawed outfits. How can he force the people to sit with the killers? He had no mandate to overturn the status of outlaws playing havoc with life and property. Notwithstanding what Imran Khan had to offer on the issue; the fact is the PTI government had completely failed to deliver. These killers are devoid of humanity and are least law-abiding citizens of Pakistan hence should not be given leverage to last on the political horizon with guns and bombs in their hand. Leaving aside all misdirected rhetoric of all and sundry, the PTI Government should either stand up against merchants of death and destruction or stand down, making way for more effective administration to fight against killers. The bloodshed if continued unabated for too long the people, who voted the incumbent rulers to power, will soon be justified in raising voice for their ouster, regretting the folly they committed in the May 11 elections. The federal government must not waste its time in fake measures like APCs or National Conference. The people had seen enough of the blood and bodies. If the need arises, the issue can be debated in the Parliament which is supreme forum to hammer out the issues of the national importance. Personal whims and wisdom can undermine the supremacy of the national institutions that may drive the country to the brink of collapse. The last but not the least, the military leadership should not remain tight-lipped over their failure to defend the people and territory. They should too intensify the pursuit against violence and lawlessness so as to leave no space for the outlaws to rule the roost. Though late yet if the KPK’s Inspector General of Police is planning to launch targeted operation in the province capital he should not be impeded at any cost sans wasting any more time in fake measures like the National Conference. The KPK government must speak the language that their enemy (bombers) speaks the most.