Pakistan at a Decisive Crossroad: Taliban, Pakistan Army and Nawaz Sharif Government at Loggerheads While Engaged In Peace Talks
By Mujahid Hussain, New Age Islam
14 April, 2014
The
latest national narrative of Pakistan asserts that the ongoing attacks
and suicide bombings in the country are not handiworks of Taliban or
their alliances but, rather, of other unknown forces which the
government is trying to trace out with the help of Taliban. But the
question is, if the Talban are not behind these attacks and bombings,
what purpose does the ongoing Pakistani government’s dialogue with them
serve? When the government strongly believes that Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan has turned into a sincere well-wisher of the country, then why
this long, tiring and monotonous talk with them?
On
the contrary, Pakistani Taliban has, for the first time, announced that
their official media outlet named “Umar Media” has been launched. It is
worth mentioning that this Talibani official website used to be just a
blog in its initial days, but it has now turned into a full-fledged web
portal. Just a cursory glance at this website will patently reveal what
the real Taliban stands for and what are their true views on the
Pakistani state, army and security agencies. The Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan calls the Pak (pure) Pakistan army as “Napak (impure) army” and
openly acknowledges responsibility for all the atrocities that have
been perpetrated against the Pakistani army during the last few years.
Now when the Tehreek-e-Taliban is fully enjoying one-sided advantages
and privileges, it might have mended their stands on the Pakistani army.
However, it has not yet announced any such amendments on their official
website “Umar Media”, which is replete with extremist and very
inflexible pronouncements. From this, it is explicitly clear that
Pakistani Taliban has boldly denied any possibility of amendments in its
primary objectives and attitudes. If the situation continues to be so,
scores of innocent Pakistanis will be unceasingly killed on a daily
basis despite the ongoing talks between the government and Taliban.
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