I have been wondering that 2010 was perhaps the worst year for Pakistan, as it was besieged by a series of terror attacks. Pakistan was a creation of the British who wanted to leave India a truncated state. They pampered MA Jinnah and carved out an Islamic state. However the state created in 1947, had no history behind it and to survive they created a bogey of 'Hindu India' .As a follow up Pakistan, started fomenting acts of terrorism against India. General Zia ul Haq was the man who refined the terror angle against India.. But in 2010 the same terrorism has bedeviled the country itself. With rampant corruption and also floods, 2010 is in real terms an extremely bad year for Pakistan.
One of the reasons for this upsurge in terrorist activity is a reaction by the Taliban to the attacks by the USA with drones. The watch word is revenge. Thus the Taliban and its ally Al Qaeda have with great ferocity attacked civil and military targets. The result is that over 2000 people were killed and thousands injured in 52 suicide attacks during the last year. Starting with the terror attack at Lakki Marwat which killed 90, there was no let up and attack after attack took place, that included an audacious attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi.
Many other shrines were also attacked and among them were the Datta Durbar shrine in Lahore and the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in Karachi. In addition a terrorist attack on the Ahmadiyya sect killed over a hundred people of that community. Along with terrorism a politicized army and the Army chief dictating government policy is a matter of concern. Thus the Pakistan government cannot oppose the army which want India to be classified as enemy no 1, even if the Taliban and Al Qaeda run amok in the rest of Pakistan.
All this points to a heady cocktail of death and destruction with the army still feeling despite all the mayhem that ‘Hindu India’ is the greater threat. Only deterrent action by India can nip this menace.
One of the reasons for this upsurge in terrorist activity is a reaction by the Taliban to the attacks by the USA with drones. The watch word is revenge. Thus the Taliban and its ally Al Qaeda have with great ferocity attacked civil and military targets. The result is that over 2000 people were killed and thousands injured in 52 suicide attacks during the last year. Starting with the terror attack at Lakki Marwat which killed 90, there was no let up and attack after attack took place, that included an audacious attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi.
Many other shrines were also attacked and among them were the Datta Durbar shrine in Lahore and the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in Karachi. In addition a terrorist attack on the Ahmadiyya sect killed over a hundred people of that community. Along with terrorism a politicized army and the Army chief dictating government policy is a matter of concern. Thus the Pakistan government cannot oppose the army which want India to be classified as enemy no 1, even if the Taliban and Al Qaeda run amok in the rest of Pakistan.
All this points to a heady cocktail of death and destruction with the army still feeling despite all the mayhem that ‘Hindu India’ is the greater threat. Only deterrent action by India can nip this menace.
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