A Paranoid Nuclear Nation

By Fatima Rizvi
ZoneAsia-Pk

Pakistan should be one, not both; and its people should choose between paranoia and power before it’s too late

For Pakistan, the writing on the wall is clear: Since 2001, we sided with the US in its War on Terror, which was actually a War OF Terror. After 2004, Pakistan became a frontline state in this war, instead of being the passive participant it had been in the three years before. It was not long before Pakistan became embroiled in a multi-front war: one with the US because of divergent goals in the region and mutual mistrust, one with regional adversaries like India and Karzai-led Afghanistan, one with terror proxies like Al-Qaeda, the TTP, Jundullah, HuJI, JeM, SSP, LeT, BLA, BLUF, BRA, IMU and other groups. This last battlespace is an unconventional war where non-state actors are being trained, financed, motivated and deployed by powerful external powers to undermine the military and intelligence organizations from within for the final external assault; this has become possible after softening up civil targets and demoralizing as well as scaring the Pakistani public over the last few years. But our civil and military leadership continues to be oblivious to these increasingly overt signals. Such insensitivity only contributes to the paranoia of the Pakistani people, who are wondering which of their assets are going to be used against them now.

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Denying Realities

Fatima Rizvi

India is so obsessed with the Lashkar Toiba-LET– that it is denying and twisting realities to lay everything at its door regardless of facts that are clearly evident. The bombing attacks in Kabul-the last being on 26 February-are all being blamed on the LET with ISI added to make ensure Pakistan’s official involvement. What is being disregarded or obfuscated is the fact that there is strong and abiding hatred for the Indian presence in Afghanistan among the Taleban and the Al Qaeda. The reason for this hatred is the unforgettable role played by India and its RAW spies in the past in collusion with the Soviets and the KGB. The Indians are now exploiting the presence of former Soviet backed Northern Alliance people in the Afghan government and the Taleban know this. India trots out its 1.3 billion dollar investment in development projects in Afghanistan including a road link that completes overland transit from Iran’s Chahbahar port to Kabul but the price being paid in Indian lives is blamed on Pakistan.

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