FRESH ANTI TERRORIST OPERATION LAUNCHED

 FRESH ANTI TERRORIST OPERATION LAUNCHED

 

LT COL NOEL ELLIS

26/VI/2024

 

Pakistan is on a cusp of disaster. This is being said by their own elected/selected representatives in parliament and openly. They have so little money to spend and too much to ‘defend’ figuratively.

Both China and the IMF have given out their plan of action. Increase taxes, says IMF to repay loans. Provide fool proof security for our projects, says China or else forget it.

Their electricity crisis has reached another extreme where the ‘honest’ common man cannot pay his bills. The dishonest are stealing electricity and the privileged are getting it free. What an irony!

Be that as it may. In this financial crisis they have increased their Military Budget by almost 4.5%. To justify their existence Pak Army have started a new Anti Terrorist Op called “Asm-i-Istekam”.

Asm-i-Istekam means “Rejection of Strife” or “Elimination of Strife”. What a bombastic name! they do not realise what “strife” actually encompasses the following: -

Strife means trouble, discontent, conflict, discord, contention, fighting, unhappiness, worry, anxiety, misfortune, disgruntlement, battle, war, skirmish, struggle, dissonance, disharmony, discordance, dispute, disagreement, hostility, rebelliousness, anger, annoyance, misery, sorrow, sadness, tension, unrest, bitterness, incongruity, revolution, insurrection, mutiny, disloyalty and so on and so forth.

How can Pakistan justify the rejection of strife when they have so many terrorist groups as given at https://www.satp.org/terrorist-groups/pakistan? No wonder, they have so many to spare to infiltrate across to India. There appears to be a never-ending stream of terrorists readily available with them.

The process of pulling funds in the name of antiterrorist ops started way back continues till date. What results have they achieved? Zilch!  Some were also given in the newspaper called Dawn: -

1.      Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2002),

2.       Operation Al Mizan (Balance) (2002–2006),

3.      Operation Zalzala (Earthquake) (2008),

4.      Op Rah-i-Haq-I and II (Way towards truth)

5.      Op Sirat-i-Mustakeem (Asking Allah to guide them on a straight path)

6.      Op Sherdil (Brave Lion)

7.      OP Rah-i-Haq-III

8.      Op Black Thunder

9.      Op Rah-i-Rast (Straight Road)

10.   Op- Rah-i-Najat (Way of Salvation)

11.   Op Zarb-i-Asb (Sharp and cutting strike)

12.   Op Radh-ul-Fasad (Elimination of strife)

13.   Op Azm-i-Istehkam (Strong commitment of stability)

As per DAWN, “Azm-i-Istehkam is an overall national vision of a multifaceted cooperation of various security agencies and the entire state system,” as quoted by PM Shehbaz Sharif. “For this purpose, ongoing Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) will be intensified rather than launching a new and organised armed operation,” he added. The aim of the campaign would be to “decisively root out the remnants of terrorist elements, the criminal-terrorist nexus, and violent extremism from the country”.

Would you believe the above statement by the PM? Four small states are in no one's control. Their ‘Ashrafia’ are on their own grid and their ‘Afwaaj’ care two hoots for their peoples representatives.

People are on the roads. Unemployed are dealing with corrupt officials, under the barrel of the gun. Their Army has used Artillery guns, drones attacks, air attacks and what not against their own people. People now are not willing to take things lying down.

Their Army, I feel, does not know whom to tackle and how. TTP is not the only group to handle. Besides, FATA, KPK, Balochistan, and other tribal areas have all been neglected and kept out of the loop of development and mainstreaming. It is but natural that they will retaliate or leave the country.

Every governmental agency has a ‘mai-baap’ except the Pak fauj. Afwaaj are ‘uncontrollable’ by the selected civilian government. Their media has been muzzled. Forces are in a total disconnect with their people. The majority of forces being from Punjab do not understand the sense and sensibilities of the weak, downtrodden, tribals, backward and such like people. What do they expect to deliver then?

When they object to India deploying forces in Kashmir, it is absolutely double speak. Brigades and Divisions have been deployed and used against militants which have run amuck after being trained by themselves. Too late for them to now reign them in. Can they justify the amount spent to eliminate terrorism in Pakistan? I doubt it.

Pakistan can keep launching operation after operation, their state will remain the same. Unless common people rule their country, unless everyone is on board, unless they get on with proper education and reboot their country all over again, they have no future.

Every country has an Army but their army has a country. What will they name their next Anti-Terrorist Operation? I wonder!!!!!

 

JAI HIND

© ® NOEL ELLIS