I am enjoying a bit of schadenfreude watching Mir spreading poison against IK. Against Musharraf, IK and Mir used to sing from the same playbook which should tell you about the worthiness of their cause. IK's past association with Mir raises questions about IK's ability to judge people? Or was their something more sinister behind the unholy union? Mir has been an agent provocateur for the longest time. Yet IK had no problems getting in bed with Mir. The outcome of that union was entirely predictable. It was obvious that Mir would do his thing when IK got power and situation has unfolded entirely as expected. By associating with IK, Mir raised his own profile and now has grown into a monster that no one can touch.
More puzzling is the question why military has allowed Mir to spread his poison for as long as he has done? Would someone like Mir survive in a country like Russia, China or braather mumalik Turkey? And we know what happens to Saudi journalists who write articles in WP. They get the same treatment that Daniel Pearl got from Al Qaeeda.
As for Mir, while he might think he is untouchable, people in his profession sometimes meet an unfortunate end. Fate of Saleem Shezad does come to mind here. While blame was obviously pointed on ISI, an American journalist has speculated it could have been someone else:
The murder of a reporter who exposed Pakistan’s secrets.
www.newyorker.com
"...If the C.I.A. killed Kashmiri using information extracted from Shahzad, it would not be the first time that the agency had made use of a brutal interrogation. In 2002, Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, an Al Qaeda operative held by the Egyptian government, made statements, under torture, suggesting links between Saddam Hussein and bin Laden; this information was used to help justify the invasion of Iraq...."
The entire article is worth reading because it shows how easily foreign intelligence agencies operate in Pak and how easy it is for for foreign spooks to obtain services of Pakistani journalists.
Oh and who remembers Saleem Shezad now?