The above article is a classic example how someone can try to fool people with construed information and presenting distorted facts. I will try to answer these questions and hope that we get some facts straight
i will be obliged if you point out any information in the piece which is either construed or distorted.
You and @
Leader, i have presented you guys with facts, and i urge you to do the same.
Q:Where is the anti-terrorism policy we all have been talking about? IK asked for a meeting with PM and army chief to get full understanding of the ground situation in order to formulate policy based on the the most current information. Instead he was ridiculed that he is stepping out of his shoes and trying to get undue importance. The said policy has to be made by central govt and KPK govt will be part of it. You cannot have 2 different policies by center , KP govt and this policy cannot be formed without input form ISI, MI and other agencies. Army has to be part and parcel of such policy since terrorism cannot be fought by police and FC alone.
Exactly!
That's what i had tried to put across your pea-sized brains.
But there are few problems:
- It was IK himself who screwed up the APC. Had the fight-against-terrorism agenda been high on PTI's books, he would have shown a little sense and attended the APC. But no, he's a thick head Pathan.
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He seriously lack the capability of prioritizing the things. Now is not the time to show stubbornness, but for a way forward.
He gives budget to health (not that it is wrong), but not to security. And hence the question; what's should be the top most agenda on Govt of KPK? Health or fight against terrorism? Health, education etc should and must be any govt's top priority, but then KPK is the front line province fight the war. You cant defeat terrorism by tending to the wounds of those who got blasted in a suicide attack, but by strengthening those who stand guard against terror attacks, read KPK Police.
Health and stuff do require attention, but instead of cheap-scoring by 'fulfilling' your pre-election promises, he should FOCUS at the problem at hand. Health could have been given thrice the budget once terrorism had been controlled. Again, the issue is of prioritizing, which Khan Saab obviously lack!
-Agreed, that anti-terrorism policy is to be central/federal decision, but you forget that Pakistan is a Federation. Provinces can have their own policies. First, if IK had been so worried about the policy he would not have screwed the APC, even if he had done so, he could have had his own policy in his province, which we dont see.
The govt didnt make an anti-terrorism policy, but what did IK do to compel the govt to make one?
Did he gather a committee/construct a think tank to formulate a policy at the provincial level? After all, it's his party that is ruling the province, why didnt he force IGP, IG Prisons, the commanders of the Army setup fighting inside his province to sit together, headed by a sensible man or a politician who could make rather push these guys to mull over a round table and produce a joint strategy for Internal Security of the province? (ref: para 1 of my blog).
You know, i was part of the GE-2013, i have been on Moharram duties, flood/earthquake duties, and believe me when i say that the military and the civilian administration works like a fully oiled up machinery during these crises. The functioning is so smooth that if we dont wear the uniform, an onlooker cant judge who is a Brigade commander, DPO or a Commissioner. The system is fully synchronized and works with complete synergy, why? Because there is a direction from the govt (federal or provincial irrespective), someone on the top had pushed them to sit together and and asked them to work out a fringgging solution. That's how it's done!
Like i said in my blog (ref para 1), the IGP KPK, IG Prison KPK, IG FC KPK or the GOC of the division in KPK ALONE CANNOT do it! There has to be a superior who can tell them to do it and that man can easily be CM KPK, which he did NOT!
i dont the guy, what's his name...han,.. Chuadary Nisar, but he once uttered something useable; all state institutes are working parallel to each other, even competing each other, why? Because there is no unified policy from the top. And hence the APC which Sire IK easily rubbished!!
Like i said, the issue is of priorities.
Q2:A rep of PTI was seen yesterday telling us on live TV that the Police is not supposed to fight back in case of a terrorist attack. Right, so why not we just hand over every prison, bank, government offices etc to the Army? I ma not sure if the writer knows about the condition of KPK police, their resources and types of weapons they have. We certainly need Army/ coo
Hmmm... so now the improvement in the condition of KPK police is also Army's responsibility, right?
O bhai, who has to improve the condition? Saddar Obama ya Manmoham Singh?
You questioned my wisdom over the condition of KPK POlice, and i would do the same by asking you, if you know that Policing is a Provincial matter and not a Federal one?!
Janab, if KPK Police is so bad, then why not equip and train them? Where's the budget for doing this? Tending to wounded by increasing the health budget wont improve the condition of KPK Police, that i can guarantee you.
Hence, we are back to square one; priorities, priorities, man!
How much budget did government of KPK allocate to equip its LEAs? Alternatively, did it ask for more if it was short on it?
I do not the exact figures but this has to com from police force. In present case police/army thought they were well equipped to combat the attackers. So this question is not pertinent in this case but certainly over a long term police needs ot be equipped better and finances need to be ensured for this.
Right, but who would do it? Me?
One way is the PTI do the same and play the blame game by weeping over what the previous govt has done to improve the police force, the other is that PTI/IK stop quit sitting on their @rse and do something about it!
Govt of KPK is not constructing Motorways, Jangla Bus system or issuing Laptops, so prioritize your damn responsibilities and equip the Police force!
For a starter, we have trained Punjab Police in anti-terrorism, we can do it again, you just have to ask.
Is even terrorism on Imran Khans top agendas? This is a needless question reflects writer's bias towards PTI/IK. IK has been talking about this for past 10 years consistently.
And as some wise man said, action speaks louder than words.
-Poor state of police forces and no steps to improve the same.
-Instead of shouldering the responsibility for preventing a jail break as the leader of the province, throwing blame on a third institution.
- And demoralizing the LEAs (read Police) by saying things like:
If nobody on ground is willing to fight then what can the provincial government do in such circumstances,.
Ik has amply proved that he has been "talking about this (terrorism) for past 10 years consistently."
So i ask again, "Is even terrorism on Imran Khans top agendas?"
What directions/policy, if any, did Imran Khan and his party give to its LEAs to fight terrorism? I have answered this above. We need a central policy where federal govt, provincial govt and all agencies are on same page.
So did i.
But whose gonna do it? i ask, if the federal govt wont do it, so wont IK too? Is that's how you guys wont to show your inclination towards anti-terrorism?
Lastly I have a few question from the writer: What specific steps CM KPK should have taken to prevent this attack especially when police/army inspected the jail and the same day and were satisfied with their preparations?
When army has multiple check posts in and around that area how come these people can enter DI Khan unnoticed?
First, as i said earlier, inspection by Army doesnt absolve the Police from the responsibility if guarding the Jail.
Second, as for the multiple check posts by the Army,(@
Armstrong, here's your answer)i must say that these terrorist just didnt pop up altogether. They 'infiltrated' and seeped in over the weeks into DI Khan and hence the reports by the intelligence agencies even to the extent of giving th exact dates of attack.
Moreover, as i have mentioned in my blog, DI Khan is not an IS AOR of the division located their temporarily, so it was its job to look into the matter, especially when it itself (all its combat elements) are engaged elsewhere in active operations. The military read its intelligence agencies gave you an accurate information, from there on it was your job.
And regarding what steps should CM KPK had taken; well as a starter, he could have instructed to form a joint task force upon receiving such an accurate information from the int agencies.
Two, he could have called up the Police thaikedars and gave them a bambozal to pull up their socks and behave like uniforms, instead if enjoying their ACed offices.
Three, he could have asked someone to boost the morale of the ever demoralizing Police force. A visit by him, his rep or he telling the Police leadership to pay regular visits to their men could have achieved this.
Why do you think Sir Kiyani is visiting the forward areas on every onset? Why do you think the GOC of the division is sitting at DI Khan instead of his permanent HQ in mainland Pakistan? i ask, how many times have IGP KPK visited his men? What to talk of him, how many DIGs, DPOs do it? How can they do it, when they are busy licking the balls of the politicians. Is it the Army that has politicized our Police force?
Four, an increase in Police budget could have acted as a catalyst.
Five, he could have announced that terrorism is top on his agenda. He will tackle this first and them see to the welfare of others.
Six, he could have tasked his intellectual lot to formulate a joint policy on training of Police by the military.
If CM Balochistan can ask Commander Southern Command to kick start Kassa Marble and
Chamalang Coal Mines Project, so could CM KPK asked, rather ordered Commander 12 Corps to do something about the pathetic state of affairs of KPK Police. Or may be @
Argus Panoptes will not agree
Seven, he could have brought all those LEAs working/operating in his province to a table to formulate a provincial policy against terrorism. SOPs for quick reactions, joint actions, intelligence sharing etc etc could have been prepared, to do the least.
Eight, atleast he could have announced if not acted, that he wants to eradicate terrorism from his province. You know, we Pakistanis are foolish enough to fall for mere words of our politicians.
We do need a policy and it has to be made quickly. Instead of beating the dead horse of APC and performing Umrahs and running around the world the leadership should work on this. IK has asked for a meeting but was never reciprocated and instead was ridiculed by thugs like Fazal ur Rehman and Altaf.
So?
Blame the Army, one more time, right?!
Oye, tell your Khan Baba to prioritize his shyt, that's it!
