Comments on: Swat Deal: Government’s Surrender to Militants or to Popular Demand ?

By: nazia

nazia — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:29:21 +0000

It clearly looks that fanatics took control of swat and now new target is DI khan , tang and suburb areas.All is happening in the tenure of secular joint team of ANP and PPP.So what one can think about this so called democratic government.We as a nation is completely out of frying pan into fire.

By: Incredible Indian

Incredible Indian — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:42:24 +0000

Dear sidra,

Islam is a PEACEFULL RELIGION without any doubt.

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On the question of TALIBAN:

“”" You Compromise with the SAVAGE and SAVAGE will consider you as weak”

“” Virtue is wasted on the EVIL”"

“” love needs to be reciprocated by LOVE ONLY……..same is the case with POISON”"

By: sidra

sidra — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:25:25 +0000

Mohsin, Ria, Farrukh, Saleem, Adil , Fareed and Johann !

it feels very hurting and very strange too that we all are ignorantly creating hatred against the followers of the great religion ISLAM.

who are Talibans??? can any one tell???? who is molana soofi muhammad? why is he doing all this? who is molana fazlullah? can any one tell. . . what is his background?

who is muslim khan? the taliban representative. . . you might do not know all these.

the point here is, we do not know many things and speak about. i am not favouring any of these molana and neither i speak against them. i just want to say that there is game being played in the larger interest of the country and the whole muslim ummah.

yeah beleive me. . . this can not be easily understood.

but you just think. . .

By: Johann

Johann — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:01:45 +0000

Dear Mohsin,
1.Who controls the TALIBAN?
2.wHY THEY DONOT LIKE THE pAKISTANI STATE?
3.If Sharia law alone is the question, then Pakistan itself was created as land of pure and is an Islamic republic? Then what is the difference?

By: Farid Masood

Farid Masood — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:44:48 +0000

Saleem Khokar

what do we mean by ‘Talibans’, need to re-assess this term?

By: Adi

Adi — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:56:34 +0000

Mohsin,

It is the governments surrender to Taliban, the rest is just a front screen. This all was started by the Taliban to gain control over people and region and they have successfully done this.

If the government is also playing games the Taliban is trying to play with them then it is a good strategy but lets wait and watch what happens after 10 days of truce agreement.

By: Mohsin Sehgal

Mohsin Sehgal — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:29:03 +0000

@Ria: Remember Taliban haven’t yet committed anything? What if they demand that it would be they who would be playing Qazi and policemen in Swat and running “Nizam-e-Adal”? Do you understand the implications for the future?

Thanks for the comment.

By: Saleem Khokar

Saleem Khokar — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:27:24 +0000

Ria, but dont you think that Taliban would then advance further beyond Swat into the other cities of NWFP and then rest of the Pakistan?

By: Farrukh Saleh

Farrukh Saleh — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:26:37 +0000

Well Ria is right that dialogue is the only viable option now.

By: Ria

Ria — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:33:17 +0000

I totally agree that the media behaved irresponsibly. This fever of breaking news has cost the industry it’s Pakistan’s true image and credibility. But I must disagree with the analysis of what Zardari should be doing… we’ve tried carpet bombing, tried Lal Masjid, experienced it with Marriott and Luna Caprese… Dialogue is truly the only way of reaching some conclusion in this mayhem and nonsense. Also remember that the govt is not only trying to tackle with international pressures but also to deal with forces within. It’s quitie a lot to handle for a year-olp democracy.