The Pakistani Spectator

Well, our army has at last set it’s priorities straight, our politicos have also got their alignments in one direction and over-whelming majority of the populace also thinking in one direction, i.e. to crush Taliban before they crush rest of the country. Nobody wants to get butchered, or flogged or dictated by some chair-lift operator who, while exploiting religion, wants to have his own hegemony. But what after that?

Have we learned any lessons from this horrendous and bloody episode, or have we got some more bloody shocks in store for us? Would after getting done with Swat, we will be seriously look at what is exactly wrong with our society and what are the root causes which allow such extremeism to flourish in our backyards? Would we allow equal opportunities, education, health, justice, and jobs to the people of FATA, Balochistan, Swat, South Punjab, Interior Sindh and remote Punjab as we give these things to people in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore?

Will we understand that Pakistan has also got places other than Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi and Pakistanis who are not Lahoris, Karachiites and Isloiites?