Imran Khan, Tahirul Qadri and Maulana Fazl ur Rahman Out To Scuttle Zarb-e-Azb
By New Age Islam Edit Desk
9 July 2014
Sheikh ul-Islam Maulana Tahir ul Quadri and Imran Khan
Operation Zarb-e-Azb
was launched at the behest of the army because it was the army that was
at the receiving end of the Taliban during their so-called ‘Peace
Dialogue’ with the Nawaz Sharif government. The army has lost five
thousands of its soldiers to the terrorism of Taliban. When the army
could not take it lying any more, they started the Zarb-e-Azb and
perhaps the government also did not know about the army’s move till the
last moment. That was why Nawaz Sharif told the National Assembly about
the operation when it had already been launched. Jamaat-e-Islam Pakistan
openly protested attacks on Taliban while Imran Khan had said that it
would have been better if the opposition had been taken into confidence
on the issue.
The army and the
government knew that if the decision on the operation was made public in
advance, different political and religious organisations and
individuals would have tried to stall the operation by blackmailing the
government and putting pressure from various corners. Since, the
government, the army and general people were pushed to the wall by the
Taliban as they made attacks after attacks on civilians and the army
alike, holding the nation to ransom, the operation provided a much
needed relief and it was welcomed from all quarters. The army destroyed
many hideouts of the terrorists and killed more than 400 terrorists,
both domestic and foreign. The opposition that wanted the strikes
against the Taliban to be stopped kept silent for a while as expressing
their support to Taliban would have invited the ire of the general
masses and made them highly unpopular threatening their political
career.
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