Pakistan: Glorifying TTP killers; ignoring victims

All of a sudden, a massive uproar over the death of a deadly killer—Hakimullah Mehsud, who along with his sister militant organizations involved in illegal war against the state of Pakistan, is being heard all over the country. The PTI, ignoring cries of mothers, sisters, fathers and brothers who lost their dear ones in the TTP bombings, has stood up, in the garb of peace talks, for the oppressors who met his logical end. Thus the party has given a deadline to the government to cut off NATO supplies to punish the Americans for eliminating enemy of the people of Pakistan. Though Imran Khan is not a supporter of the TTP by all means yet he is raising hue and cry as if Pakistan, in heat of dialogue process, had unilaterally abandoned the use of military might against the TTP which was continuously targeting the innocent people in hundreds and the Americans had downed a friend of Pakistan. In a complex situation like this, the TTP was playing its cards a bit more sensibly as compare to its opponents—the government of Pakistan; it used its bombers to show off its muscles, setting reluctantly right foot forward for the peace talks, and submissive government of Pakistan withdrew its military might like defeated souls to bring the killers on the negotiating table, leaving troops to salute their aggressors-cum-slaughterers at the negotiation venue. The Americans did not agree with the coward policy that the political and military leadership of Pakistan was pursuing in the falsified hope for winning peace in the region. They eliminated the man whom they considered enemy of their troops. However, it enraged Pakistan’s leadership. We do not endorse the Americans’ dictate or military intervention in the internal affairs of Pakistan at any cost but we do oppose emotional rhetoric that most of the political leadership is executing over the death of Hakimullah. He was enemy of the state of Pakistan and its people. He has met with his logical end, and all those who are following him should be given a loud and clear message that they too, sooner or later, will meet the same fate if they fail to comply with the state. The Pakistan army has offered supreme sacrifices for the defense of the country and for safety of the people. Thus it should not be sidelined like bench of cowardice fighters. Had the Pakistan army targeted Hakimullah it would have pleased the entire nation. The heirs of the victims of the terrorists must have worn a welcome smile on their faces. Notwithstanding the Americans’ so-called heroics, the number one enemy of Pakistan is gone and many more to follow till misguided elements drop their guns. To achieve peace in the region, the government has to judiciously use carrot and stick policy rather than glorifying the TTP, ignoring the victims.