America Punjab mai b army operation karwana chahta hai | The war on terror comes to Punjab|Blackwate
Star Gazer
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Very inspiring!! What are you taking for your health these days? You need help big time!!
atensari
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Star Gazer
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Half brain can only see half picture!!
Ammad Hafeez
Minister (2k+ posts)
Interior motives
It was only a matter of time before the Punjab rulers would react again to the insinuations thrown their way. Last week Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif could contain himself no more and took on the federal interior minister over whether (south) Punjab needed a (military) operation to purge the militants.
Mr Sharif accused Interior Minister Rehman Malik of conspiring to trigger a clash among provinces a day after Mr Malik had hinted at the need for a grand-scale military action to root out militants in south Punjab. The chief ministers counter-attack was no emotional outburst at some public rally. His answer to Mr Malik came in the form of a written statement issued by his office in Lahore. All the more reason for readers to take it as the considered opinion of the Punjab chief executive?
On the strength of this statement, what has apparently upset the government in Punjab more is the repeated reference to the Punjabi Taliban a tag that has disturbed not only official circles, but people in Punjab generally for one reason or another. Terrorism had no language and no religion, and that was why nobody ever mentioned Pashtu (sic), Sindhi or Baloch Taliban, the chief minister said in his rebuttal to Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
In his statement the Punjab chief minister took a jab at President Asif Ali Zardari by meaningfully suggesting that Mr Malik couldnt have been conspiring without the blessings of his political guru. And suddenly, the PPP ministers who have been occupying posts in the Punjab cabinet led by PML-N realised how shabbily Shahbaz had been treating them.
The PPP offensive, led in the absence of a more capable politician by senior minister Punjab Raja Riaz, highlighted the chasm that exists between Islamabad and Lahore on the issue of law and order (read militancy).
On previous occasions when the PPP had been moved by circumstances to criticise the Punjab government it is forcibly a part of, the partys complaints would usually relate to how it was being denied its rightful share of ministries and a say in postings and transfers, etc.
This time the senior provincial minister saw merit in specifically commenting that the PPP ministers in the province were never invited to official briefings on law and order. His aim seemingly was to remind all onlookers that the PML-N wanted to keep its ideas and ideals on law and order a closely guarded secret.
This is not a new situation. A clash between the two coalition partners cum rivals has appeared imminent on many occasions in the last couple of years. After the media has been allowed to speculate for a while, the two sides have been persuaded to maintain the status quo in the greater interest of democracy. Quite often, this re-reconciliation has been preceded by a call by Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani to the all-powerful Sharifs. Maybe this is how the current row will also end. Maybe not, given the flurry of statements by Rehman Malik in which he has insisted on the veracity of his figures on militants in Punjab.
Mr Malik and his PPP government are not exactly known for making sensible evaluations of a situation based on sound reasoning. Still the hard-hitting response by the Punjab chief minister didnt quite elaborate on how the federal ministers remarks could be interpreted as an attempt at violating the ideal inter-provincial harmony that exists at this moment.
Mr Rehman Malik came up with numbers that according to him proved the concentration of a bunch of militants in southern Punjab area; he spoke of a resurgence of old jihadi groups and of the need of action against them. This was the gist of his observations and while it could indeed have reflected the centres distrust of Punjab on militancy, the anti-harmony, explosive substance that the chief minister was able to detect in these remarks was not visible to those with lesser insight.
Mr Sharif said: No strategy can succeed in dealing with the menace of terrorism without a joint struggle by the entire nation. True. How do the various units that make up this nation go about the task then? By striving to clean up their respective territories, perhaps?
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect.../the-newspaper/editorial/interior-motives-660
It was only a matter of time before the Punjab rulers would react again to the insinuations thrown their way. Last week Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif could contain himself no more and took on the federal interior minister over whether (south) Punjab needed a (military) operation to purge the militants.
Mr Sharif accused Interior Minister Rehman Malik of conspiring to trigger a clash among provinces a day after Mr Malik had hinted at the need for a grand-scale military action to root out militants in south Punjab. The chief ministers counter-attack was no emotional outburst at some public rally. His answer to Mr Malik came in the form of a written statement issued by his office in Lahore. All the more reason for readers to take it as the considered opinion of the Punjab chief executive?
On the strength of this statement, what has apparently upset the government in Punjab more is the repeated reference to the Punjabi Taliban a tag that has disturbed not only official circles, but people in Punjab generally for one reason or another. Terrorism had no language and no religion, and that was why nobody ever mentioned Pashtu (sic), Sindhi or Baloch Taliban, the chief minister said in his rebuttal to Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
In his statement the Punjab chief minister took a jab at President Asif Ali Zardari by meaningfully suggesting that Mr Malik couldnt have been conspiring without the blessings of his political guru. And suddenly, the PPP ministers who have been occupying posts in the Punjab cabinet led by PML-N realised how shabbily Shahbaz had been treating them.
The PPP offensive, led in the absence of a more capable politician by senior minister Punjab Raja Riaz, highlighted the chasm that exists between Islamabad and Lahore on the issue of law and order (read militancy).
On previous occasions when the PPP had been moved by circumstances to criticise the Punjab government it is forcibly a part of, the partys complaints would usually relate to how it was being denied its rightful share of ministries and a say in postings and transfers, etc.
This time the senior provincial minister saw merit in specifically commenting that the PPP ministers in the province were never invited to official briefings on law and order. His aim seemingly was to remind all onlookers that the PML-N wanted to keep its ideas and ideals on law and order a closely guarded secret.
This is not a new situation. A clash between the two coalition partners cum rivals has appeared imminent on many occasions in the last couple of years. After the media has been allowed to speculate for a while, the two sides have been persuaded to maintain the status quo in the greater interest of democracy. Quite often, this re-reconciliation has been preceded by a call by Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani to the all-powerful Sharifs. Maybe this is how the current row will also end. Maybe not, given the flurry of statements by Rehman Malik in which he has insisted on the veracity of his figures on militants in Punjab.
Mr Malik and his PPP government are not exactly known for making sensible evaluations of a situation based on sound reasoning. Still the hard-hitting response by the Punjab chief minister didnt quite elaborate on how the federal ministers remarks could be interpreted as an attempt at violating the ideal inter-provincial harmony that exists at this moment.
Mr Rehman Malik came up with numbers that according to him proved the concentration of a bunch of militants in southern Punjab area; he spoke of a resurgence of old jihadi groups and of the need of action against them. This was the gist of his observations and while it could indeed have reflected the centres distrust of Punjab on militancy, the anti-harmony, explosive substance that the chief minister was able to detect in these remarks was not visible to those with lesser insight.
Mr Sharif said: No strategy can succeed in dealing with the menace of terrorism without a joint struggle by the entire nation. True. How do the various units that make up this nation go about the task then? By striving to clean up their respective territories, perhaps?
jimpack
Minister (2k+ posts)
'Obama sanctions US surge in global secret war'
Behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy, United States President Barack Obama has secretly sanctioned the deployment of US special forces to 75 countries as part of a largely 'secret war' against Al Qaeda and other radical groups, a news report said on Sunday.
It has come to light that Obama, who has been recognised for giving greater role to multilateral diplomacy unlike the previous Bush administration, has approved a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against radical groups, particularly Al Qaeda.
American troops are now operating in 75 countries compared with about 60 at the beginning of last year, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
In the past 18 months he has ordered a big expansion in Yemen and the Horn of Africa known areas of strong Qaeda activity and elsewhere in the Middle East, central Asia and Africa.
Obama has asked for a 5.7 percent increase in the Special Operations budget for fiscal 2011, for a total of $ 6.3 billion, plus an additional $ 3.5 billion in 2010 contingency funding, the report said.
It said Obama has also approved pre-emptive special forces strikes to disrupt terror plots, and has given the units powers and authority that was not granted by George Bush when he occupied the White House.
Commanders are now planning greater use of these special forces for preemptive or retaliatory strikes around the globe when a plot has been identified, or after an attack linked to a specific group.
Former Bush officials, still smarting from accusations that their administration overextended the president's authority to conduct lethal activities around the world at will, have asked similar questions.
"While they seem to be expanding their operations both in terms of extraterritoriality and aggressiveness, they are contracting the legal authority upon which those expanding actions are based," John B Bellinger III, a senior legal adviser in both of Bush's administrations, was quoted as saying by the daily.
The surge in Special Operations deployments, along with intensified CIA drone attacks in western Pakistan, is the other side of the national security doctrine of global engagement and domestic values President Obama released last week.
Of about 13,000 US special forces deployed overseas, about 9,000 are evenly divided between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The United States "will not merely respond after the fact" of a terrorist attack but will "take the fight to Al Qaeda and its extremist affiliates whether they plot and train in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond," John O Brennan, the White House counterterrorism director, said last week.
"Eighty percent of our investment is now in resolving current conflicts, not in building capabilities with partners to avoid future ones," another official said.
A key advantage of using "secret" forces is that their operations are rarely discussed in public.
A top UN human rights official has questioned the jurisdiction under international law to conduct such raids, particularly when they kill innocent civilians.
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, Philip Alston, the special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, warned that the "prolific" use of targeted killings, mainly by unmanned US aircraft, was setting a damaging example that other countries would follow.
However, the US State Department has argued that targeted killings abroad are legally justified, citing the principle of self-defence under international law.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates insisted US lawmakers are kept fully informed about CIA operations abroad, including widely reported drone bombing raids on militants in Pakistan.
"I have no doubt whatsoever that the intelligence committees in the United States Congress are fully informed of the activities the CIA is carrying out," said Gates, a former director of the spy agency, at the Shangri-La security conference in Singapore on Saturday.
Behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy, United States President Barack Obama has secretly sanctioned the deployment of US special forces to 75 countries as part of a largely 'secret war' against Al Qaeda and other radical groups, a news report said on Sunday.
It has come to light that Obama, who has been recognised for giving greater role to multilateral diplomacy unlike the previous Bush administration, has approved a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against radical groups, particularly Al Qaeda.
American troops are now operating in 75 countries compared with about 60 at the beginning of last year, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
In the past 18 months he has ordered a big expansion in Yemen and the Horn of Africa known areas of strong Qaeda activity and elsewhere in the Middle East, central Asia and Africa.
Obama has asked for a 5.7 percent increase in the Special Operations budget for fiscal 2011, for a total of $ 6.3 billion, plus an additional $ 3.5 billion in 2010 contingency funding, the report said.
It said Obama has also approved pre-emptive special forces strikes to disrupt terror plots, and has given the units powers and authority that was not granted by George Bush when he occupied the White House.
Commanders are now planning greater use of these special forces for preemptive or retaliatory strikes around the globe when a plot has been identified, or after an attack linked to a specific group.
Former Bush officials, still smarting from accusations that their administration overextended the president's authority to conduct lethal activities around the world at will, have asked similar questions.
"While they seem to be expanding their operations both in terms of extraterritoriality and aggressiveness, they are contracting the legal authority upon which those expanding actions are based," John B Bellinger III, a senior legal adviser in both of Bush's administrations, was quoted as saying by the daily.
The surge in Special Operations deployments, along with intensified CIA drone attacks in western Pakistan, is the other side of the national security doctrine of global engagement and domestic values President Obama released last week.
Of about 13,000 US special forces deployed overseas, about 9,000 are evenly divided between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The United States "will not merely respond after the fact" of a terrorist attack but will "take the fight to Al Qaeda and its extremist affiliates whether they plot and train in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond," John O Brennan, the White House counterterrorism director, said last week.
"Eighty percent of our investment is now in resolving current conflicts, not in building capabilities with partners to avoid future ones," another official said.
A key advantage of using "secret" forces is that their operations are rarely discussed in public.
A top UN human rights official has questioned the jurisdiction under international law to conduct such raids, particularly when they kill innocent civilians.
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, Philip Alston, the special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, warned that the "prolific" use of targeted killings, mainly by unmanned US aircraft, was setting a damaging example that other countries would follow.
However, the US State Department has argued that targeted killings abroad are legally justified, citing the principle of self-defence under international law.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates insisted US lawmakers are kept fully informed about CIA operations abroad, including widely reported drone bombing raids on militants in Pakistan.
"I have no doubt whatsoever that the intelligence committees in the United States Congress are fully informed of the activities the CIA is carrying out," said Gates, a former director of the spy agency, at the Shangri-La security conference in Singapore on Saturday.
Ammad Hafeez
Minister (2k+ posts)
PML-N mulls possible south Punjab operation
PML-N senior leadership discussed the possibility of an operation in south Punjab during a meeting at Raiwind on Monday.
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif rallied party leaders from across the country including chief minister Shahbaz Sharif to discuss rising terrorist incidents in Punjab.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif briefed the meeting in detail on the worsening law and order situation in the aftermath of Ahmediyah mosques attacks.
He told the meeting that in recent incidents several leads were found that point to southern Punjab connection of terrorism.
Addressing the meeting Nawaz Sharif said that the situation demands a review of the provinces security policy and stricter vigilance of extremist strongholds in Punjab.
While reviewing the budget for the fiscal year 2010-11 Nawaz termed it an anti-poor document.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/19466/pml-n-mulls-possible-south-punjab-operation/
Nawaz Sharif discussed possible south Punjab operation, law and order with party leaders.
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif rallied party leaders from across the country including chief minister Shahbaz Sharif to discuss rising terrorist incidents in Punjab.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif briefed the meeting in detail on the worsening law and order situation in the aftermath of Ahmediyah mosques attacks.
He told the meeting that in recent incidents several leads were found that point to southern Punjab connection of terrorism.
Addressing the meeting Nawaz Sharif said that the situation demands a review of the provinces security policy and stricter vigilance of extremist strongholds in Punjab.
While reviewing the budget for the fiscal year 2010-11 Nawaz termed it an anti-poor document.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/19466/pml-n-mulls-possible-south-punjab-operation/
America is and was never a friend of Pakistan, they never help you to make a strong Pakistan but keep you on CO2 for survivel to complete their agendas in this rgn, they don,t like Nuclear,strong and friendly Pakistan towards China but weak Pakistan which can act and follow the way they want, as a first step they installed a weak,corrupt,and pro American Govt which works for them not for Pakistan, and this is the begining.
May GOD save Pakistan
May GOD save Pakistan
ConcernedPakistani
MPA (400+ posts)
Pakistani people have to stand up
ConcernedPakistani
MPA (400+ posts)
On a serious note, there is no doubt that militancy should be checked no matter where it is. Anywhere in Pakistan, where ever militancy is present, there should be an operation but not a ''proper'' Military operation. The way the current operations are being launched, its creating more and more problems by every passing day. An Operation should be launched like the Operation in Karachi. A ''proper'' Military Operation is not the solution however it doesnt mean that there should be no operation at all. An operation similar to the one conducted in Karachi is needed to bring peace in FATA and sort out the hardcore militants. In Karachi, the operation was led by the Police aided by Rangers (Paramilitary organization) and Intelligence agencies played a major role, hence peace was established. Similarly, in FATA an operation should be conducted led by police and mainly the Frontier Constabulary ( A Paramilitary law enforcement agency) , aided by the FC (Frontier Corps, again paramilitary) and intelligence agencies again should play a major role. All the hardcore militants should be brought to justice and peace should be restored. This should also be done in Punjab where ever and whenever it is required. In Panjab again, Panjab Police and Rangers are available with strong intelligence netwrok to sort this out. And such an operation should be launched immediatley to sort out the militant network.
Bangash
Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
Ammad Hafeez
Minister (2k+ posts)
جھگڑا پنجابی طالبان کا
پاکستان کی نصف آبادی والے صوبے پنجاب میں دہشت گردی کے حالیہ خوفناک واقعات کے بعد مرکزی اور پنجاب کی صوبائی حکومتوں کے درمیاں بجائے مشترکہ حکمت عملی بنانے کے ایک دوسرے کے خلاف الزام تراشی کا سلسلہ شروع ہوگیا ہے۔
وزیر داخلہ رحمٰن ملک کا کہنا ہے کہ ان حملوں میں کالعدم سپاہ صحابہ، لشکر جھنگوی اور جیش محمد کے پنجابی طالبان کے نام سے مشہور شدت پسند ملوث ہیں۔ جس پر پنجاب کے وزیر اعلیٰ میاں شہباز شریف نے وفاقی وزیر پر اپنے ’سیاسی سربراہ‘ کی شہہ پر صوبائیت اور لسانیت پھیلانے کا الزام عائد کیا ہے۔
میاں شہباز شریف کے بیان سے تاثر ملتا ہے کہ پنجابی طالبان نامی کوئی تنظیم ہے اور نہ ہی پنجاب میں کوئی دہشت گرد ہیں۔ کاش حقائق ان کی خواہش کے مطابق ہوتے لیکن یہاں صورتحال کافی مختلف ہے۔
تحقیق کار پروفیسر خادم حسین ہوں یا تجزیہ کار ڈاکٹر عائشہ صدیقہ وہ کافی عرصے سے کہتے رہے ہیں کہ سپاہ صحابہ، جیشِ محمد، لشکر جھنگوی اور لشکرِ طیبہ کا گڑھ پنجاب ہے اور پنجاب کے جنوبی علاقے یا سرائیکی پٹی سمیت پنجاب کے وسطی اور شمالی علاقوں سے ہزاروں افراد ان تنظیموں سے وابسطہ ہیں۔
ڈاکٹر عائشہ صدیقہ ہوں یا قوم پرست سرائیکی رہنما تاج محمد لنگاہ وہ تسلیم کرتے ہیں کہ سرائیکی پٹی ہو یا پنجاب کے دیگر علاقے وہاں بعض مدارس کا شدت پسندی پھیلانے اور شدت پسند پیدا کرنے میں ملوث رہے ہیں۔ ان کے بقول چاہے وہ ریاستی اداروں کی سرپرستی میں افغان اور کشمیر جہاد کا معاملہ ہو یا اب انفرادی اور گروہی سطح پر طالبان شدت پسندوں کی حمایت، اس میں کچھ مدارس کا کلیدی کردار ہے۔
غیر سرکاری تنظیم آریانہ انسٹیٹیوٹ فار ریجنل ریسرچ اینڈ ایڈوکیسی کے پروفیسر خادم حسین کے مطابق صوبہ سرحد اور وفاق کے زیر انتظام قبائلی علاقوں میں پشتون طالبان کے ہمراہ دس ہزار کے قریب پنجابی طالبان لڑ رہے ہیں۔ راولپنڈی کے فوجی ہیڈ کوارٹر، لاہور کے پولیس مرکز، انٹیلی جنس اداروں کے دفاتر اور سری لنکا کی ٹیم پر حملوں میں بھی مرکزی حکومت پنجابی طالبان کو ملوث قرار دیتی رہی ہے لیکن اس وقت تک پنجاب کی حکومت نے اس پر کوئی اعتراض نہیں کیا۔
لیکن حال ہی میں لاہور میں احمدیوں کی عبادت گاہوں پر اپنی طرز کے بھیانک حملوں میں ایک سو کے قریب معصوم جانیں ضائع ہونے کے سانحہ میں مرکزی حکومت نے پنجابی طالبان کو ملوث قرار دیا تو وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب کو ناگوار گزرا اور انہیں صوبائیت اور لسانیت کی بو آنے لگی۔
بقول ہمارے ساتھی محمد حنیف کے کہ یہ بات ان کی سمجھ سے بالاتر ہے کہ دنیا میں کروڑوں غیر مسلم ہیں، ان کے مذاہب بھی مختلف ہیں لیکن کسی کے خلاف پاکستان کے بعض انتہا پسند مسلمان حلقوں میں اتنی نفرت نہیں پائی جاتی جتنی چھوٹی سی تعداد والی احمدی برادری کے خلاف پائی جاتی ہے۔
بقول ان کے کہ آخر احمدی برادری سے اسلام کو ایسا کیا خطرہ لاحق ہوگیا ہے کہ ان کو سرعام قتل کرنے پر زیادہ تر بغیر داڑھی والے مولوی بھائی بھی خوش ہوتے ہیں؟
احمدیوں پر حملے کے مذمت سے لے کر اظہار ہمدری اور متاثرین کو معاوضے دینے کے معاملات تک پنجاب کے وزیراعلیٰ اور ان کی ٹیم اور جماعت نے بظاہر سرد مہری کا مظاہرہ کیا اور وہ ’پھرتیاں‘ نہیں دکھائیں جس طرح وہ دیگر واقعات میں سرگرم نظر آتے رہے ہیں۔
ایسی ہی شکایت ہے احمدی جماعت کے ترجمان سلیم الدین کو جو کہتے ہیں کہ ان کے ساتھ امتیازی رویہ اپنایا جاتا ہے اور تاحال پنجاب حکومت کا کوئی بڑا عہدیدار ان سے ملنے تک نہیں آیا۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ پنجاب حکومت نے تحقیقاتی ٹیم تو بنائی ہے لیکن ابھی تک ان سے کسی نے رابطہ ہی نہیں کیا۔
احمدیوں کی عبادت گاہوں پر حملوں کے معاملے میں مسلم لیگ (ن) کی سرد مہری کے متعلق ان کے بعض ناقدین یہ بتاتے ہیں کہ مسلم لیگ (ن) اپنے ووٹرز کو ناراض نہیں کرنا چاہتی۔ ان کے بقول مسلم لیگ (ن) کا بعض کالعدم تنظیموں سے تعلق کسی سے ڈھکہ چھپا نہیں ہے اور اس کی بڑی مثال کالعدم تنظیم سپاہ صحابہ کے تعاون سے میاں شہباز شریف کا بھکر سے بلا مقابلہ منتخب ہونا ہے۔ لیکن مسلم لیگ (ن) ایسے کسی بھی تاثر کو رد کرتی ہے۔
کالعدم تنظیموں سے مسلم لیگ (ن) کے تعلق کی تردید اپنی جگہ لیکن پنجاب میں شدت پسندوں یا پنجابی طالبان کی موجودگی سے انکار بلی کو
دیکھ کر کبوتر کی طرح آنکھیں بند کرنے کے مترادف ہے۔
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/06/100603_punjabi_taleban_as.shtml
پاکستان کی نصف آبادی والے صوبے پنجاب میں دہشت گردی کے حالیہ خوفناک واقعات کے بعد مرکزی اور پنجاب کی صوبائی حکومتوں کے درمیاں بجائے مشترکہ حکمت عملی بنانے کے ایک دوسرے کے خلاف الزام تراشی کا سلسلہ شروع ہوگیا ہے۔
وزیر داخلہ رحمٰن ملک کا کہنا ہے کہ ان حملوں میں کالعدم سپاہ صحابہ، لشکر جھنگوی اور جیش محمد کے پنجابی طالبان کے نام سے مشہور شدت پسند ملوث ہیں۔ جس پر پنجاب کے وزیر اعلیٰ میاں شہباز شریف نے وفاقی وزیر پر اپنے ’سیاسی سربراہ‘ کی شہہ پر صوبائیت اور لسانیت پھیلانے کا الزام عائد کیا ہے۔
میاں شہباز شریف کے بیان سے تاثر ملتا ہے کہ پنجابی طالبان نامی کوئی تنظیم ہے اور نہ ہی پنجاب میں کوئی دہشت گرد ہیں۔ کاش حقائق ان کی خواہش کے مطابق ہوتے لیکن یہاں صورتحال کافی مختلف ہے۔
تحقیق کار پروفیسر خادم حسین ہوں یا تجزیہ کار ڈاکٹر عائشہ صدیقہ وہ کافی عرصے سے کہتے رہے ہیں کہ سپاہ صحابہ، جیشِ محمد، لشکر جھنگوی اور لشکرِ طیبہ کا گڑھ پنجاب ہے اور پنجاب کے جنوبی علاقے یا سرائیکی پٹی سمیت پنجاب کے وسطی اور شمالی علاقوں سے ہزاروں افراد ان تنظیموں سے وابسطہ ہیں۔
ڈاکٹر عائشہ صدیقہ ہوں یا قوم پرست سرائیکی رہنما تاج محمد لنگاہ وہ تسلیم کرتے ہیں کہ سرائیکی پٹی ہو یا پنجاب کے دیگر علاقے وہاں بعض مدارس کا شدت پسندی پھیلانے اور شدت پسند پیدا کرنے میں ملوث رہے ہیں۔ ان کے بقول چاہے وہ ریاستی اداروں کی سرپرستی میں افغان اور کشمیر جہاد کا معاملہ ہو یا اب انفرادی اور گروہی سطح پر طالبان شدت پسندوں کی حمایت، اس میں کچھ مدارس کا کلیدی کردار ہے۔
صوبہ سرحد اور وفاق کے زیر انتظام قبائلی علاقوں میں پشتون طالبان کے ہمراہ دس ہزار کے قریب پنجابی طالبان لڑ رہے ہیں۔ راولپنڈی کے فوجی ہیڈ کوارٹر، لاہور کے پولیس مرکز، انٹیلی جنس اداروں کے دفاتر اور سری لنکا کی ٹیم پر حملوں میں بھی مرکزی حکومت پنجابی طالبان کو ملوث قرار دیتی رہی ہے لیکن اس وقت تک پنجاب کی حکومت نے اس پر کوئی اعتراض نہیں کیا
پوفیسر خادم حسین
غیر سرکاری تنظیم آریانہ انسٹیٹیوٹ فار ریجنل ریسرچ اینڈ ایڈوکیسی کے پروفیسر خادم حسین کے مطابق صوبہ سرحد اور وفاق کے زیر انتظام قبائلی علاقوں میں پشتون طالبان کے ہمراہ دس ہزار کے قریب پنجابی طالبان لڑ رہے ہیں۔ راولپنڈی کے فوجی ہیڈ کوارٹر، لاہور کے پولیس مرکز، انٹیلی جنس اداروں کے دفاتر اور سری لنکا کی ٹیم پر حملوں میں بھی مرکزی حکومت پنجابی طالبان کو ملوث قرار دیتی رہی ہے لیکن اس وقت تک پنجاب کی حکومت نے اس پر کوئی اعتراض نہیں کیا۔
لیکن حال ہی میں لاہور میں احمدیوں کی عبادت گاہوں پر اپنی طرز کے بھیانک حملوں میں ایک سو کے قریب معصوم جانیں ضائع ہونے کے سانحہ میں مرکزی حکومت نے پنجابی طالبان کو ملوث قرار دیا تو وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب کو ناگوار گزرا اور انہیں صوبائیت اور لسانیت کی بو آنے لگی۔
بقول ہمارے ساتھی محمد حنیف کے کہ یہ بات ان کی سمجھ سے بالاتر ہے کہ دنیا میں کروڑوں غیر مسلم ہیں، ان کے مذاہب بھی مختلف ہیں لیکن کسی کے خلاف پاکستان کے بعض انتہا پسند مسلمان حلقوں میں اتنی نفرت نہیں پائی جاتی جتنی چھوٹی سی تعداد والی احمدی برادری کے خلاف پائی جاتی ہے۔
بقول ان کے کہ آخر احمدی برادری سے اسلام کو ایسا کیا خطرہ لاحق ہوگیا ہے کہ ان کو سرعام قتل کرنے پر زیادہ تر بغیر داڑھی والے مولوی بھائی بھی خوش ہوتے ہیں؟
احمدیوں پر حملے کے مذمت سے لے کر اظہار ہمدری اور متاثرین کو معاوضے دینے کے معاملات تک پنجاب کے وزیراعلیٰ اور ان کی ٹیم اور جماعت نے بظاہر سرد مہری کا مظاہرہ کیا اور وہ ’پھرتیاں‘ نہیں دکھائیں جس طرح وہ دیگر واقعات میں سرگرم نظر آتے رہے ہیں۔
ایسی ہی شکایت ہے احمدی جماعت کے ترجمان سلیم الدین کو جو کہتے ہیں کہ ان کے ساتھ امتیازی رویہ اپنایا جاتا ہے اور تاحال پنجاب حکومت کا کوئی بڑا عہدیدار ان سے ملنے تک نہیں آیا۔ انہوں نے بتایا کہ پنجاب حکومت نے تحقیقاتی ٹیم تو بنائی ہے لیکن ابھی تک ان سے کسی نے رابطہ ہی نہیں کیا۔
احمدیوں کی عبادت گاہوں پر حملوں کے معاملے میں مسلم لیگ (ن) کی سرد مہری کے متعلق ان کے بعض ناقدین یہ بتاتے ہیں کہ مسلم لیگ (ن) اپنے ووٹرز کو ناراض نہیں کرنا چاہتی۔ ان کے بقول مسلم لیگ (ن) کا بعض کالعدم تنظیموں سے تعلق کسی سے ڈھکہ چھپا نہیں ہے اور اس کی بڑی مثال کالعدم تنظیم سپاہ صحابہ کے تعاون سے میاں شہباز شریف کا بھکر سے بلا مقابلہ منتخب ہونا ہے۔ لیکن مسلم لیگ (ن) ایسے کسی بھی تاثر کو رد کرتی ہے۔
کالعدم تنظیموں سے مسلم لیگ (ن) کے تعلق کی تردید اپنی جگہ لیکن پنجاب میں شدت پسندوں یا پنجابی طالبان کی موجودگی سے انکار بلی کو
دیکھ کر کبوتر کی طرح آنکھیں بند کرنے کے مترادف ہے۔
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2010/06/100603_punjabi_taleban_as.shtml
greywolf
Councller (250+ posts)
One thing is clear ... you don't agree with my point of view. OK ... point noted but I don't think not agreeing with someone can be a bone of contention. I am reading newspapers on daily basis and yes, they are affecting my health energetically. And I agree with your last conviction ... I think we all do. We all need help big time ... but the point is if we wanna converse like gentlemen or be queasy and irritating like quarrelsome women ... your choice, I won't disappoint you.
ConcernedPakistani
MPA (400+ posts)
On a serious note, there is no doubt that militancy should be checked no matter where it is. Anywhere in Pakistan, where ever militancy is present, there should be an operation but not a ''proper'' Military operation. The way the current operations are being launched, its creating more and more problems by every passing day. An Operation should be launched like the Operation in Karachi. A ''proper'' Military Operation is not the solution however it doesnt mean that there should be no operation at all. An operation similar to the one conducted in Karachi is needed to bring peace in FATA and sort out the hardcore militants. In Karachi, the operation was led by the Police aided by Rangers (Paramilitary organization) and Intelligence agencies played a major role, hence peace was established. Similarly, in FATA an operation should be conducted led by police and mainly the Frontier Constabulary ( A Paramilitary law enforcement agency) , aided by the FC (Frontier Corps, again paramilitary) and intelligence agencies again should play a major role. All the hardcore militants should be brought to justice and peace should be restored. This should also be done in Punjab where ever and whenever it is required. In Panjab again, Panjab Police and Rangers are available with strong intelligence netwrok to sort this out. And such an operation should be launched immediatley to sort out the militant network.
ConcernedPakistani
MPA (400+ posts)
A Karachi style operation is needed.
Afsr
MPA (400+ posts)
ConcernedPakistani
MPA (400+ posts)
I would say that a Karachi style operation is needed and everything would be sorted but the insistence of USA has some other meaning.
I think that no one is talking about it anymore. Rehman Malik told Nawaz Sharif to support them on 18th amendment and the USA is backing this otherwise they would destabilize Punjab by talking about War on terror shit. So Nawaz Sharif is now supporting 18th amendment. This is the reality of War on Terror.
