Former cricket captain and politician Imran Khan has said that the killing of Osama bin Laden by the US forces in Abbottabad has raised questions about the country's sovereignty.
"The big questions that everyone began asking, and for which no answers have been forthcoming, were: who allowed the Americans to come to Pakistan and carry out this attack? And whatever happened to the Pakistani Army and its intelligence?" Khan wrote in The Independent newspaper on Tuesday.
He further wrote, "There is not just confusion that prevails in Pakistan, but also a national depression at the loss of national dignity and self-esteem as well as sovereignty. There is no answer to these questions and this simply allows allegations from the West and from India to go unchallenged that Pakistan has been protecting bin Laden and other terrorists; that Pakistan knew he was here and kept him safe. Imran, who now runs the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, said that it is time for Pakistan to get out of this war and to recognise that continuing along this path would lead to doom. "Pakistan can no longer afford the human and financial costs and must, along with the rest of the world, realise that ultimately the solutions to these problems are political and the weaker the state becomes, the less likely it will be to tackle the menace of extremism," he said.
"The US has won its battle against bin Laden, but the war remains open ended," he concluded.
In its editorial headlined, End of bin Laden: Will it end extremism?, The Daily Star, Dhaka agreed with the view. "Physical elimination of a leader is one thing, overcoming his ideological hold, however restricted that may be, is quite another. Though bin Laden's methods were violent, an element of his appeal was due to Western hypocrisy in dealing with Muslim issues, especially that of Palestine."
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...its-self-esteem-Imran/articleshow/8157098.cms
"The big questions that everyone began asking, and for which no answers have been forthcoming, were: who allowed the Americans to come to Pakistan and carry out this attack? And whatever happened to the Pakistani Army and its intelligence?" Khan wrote in The Independent newspaper on Tuesday.
He further wrote, "There is not just confusion that prevails in Pakistan, but also a national depression at the loss of national dignity and self-esteem as well as sovereignty. There is no answer to these questions and this simply allows allegations from the West and from India to go unchallenged that Pakistan has been protecting bin Laden and other terrorists; that Pakistan knew he was here and kept him safe. Imran, who now runs the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, said that it is time for Pakistan to get out of this war and to recognise that continuing along this path would lead to doom. "Pakistan can no longer afford the human and financial costs and must, along with the rest of the world, realise that ultimately the solutions to these problems are political and the weaker the state becomes, the less likely it will be to tackle the menace of extremism," he said.
"The US has won its battle against bin Laden, but the war remains open ended," he concluded.
In its editorial headlined, End of bin Laden: Will it end extremism?, The Daily Star, Dhaka agreed with the view. "Physical elimination of a leader is one thing, overcoming his ideological hold, however restricted that may be, is quite another. Though bin Laden's methods were violent, an element of his appeal was due to Western hypocrisy in dealing with Muslim issues, especially that of Palestine."
Source:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...its-self-esteem-Imran/articleshow/8157098.cms
