I have said it before and will say again: Drastic situations require equally drastic measures. Pakistan is going through a major (and possibly foreign backed) crisis of terrorism inside Pakistan. These half-measures of Anti-Terrorism Courts (which still allow hearing by the superior courts) are not enough. What Pakistani security agencies need to do is to hire tens of thousands of informers and spread them over the country. Suspicious persons should be rounded up into some kind of camps (call them concentration camps!) where these people should be investigated, tried, but still allowed access to the loved ones under strict security. Yes, there will be some misuse and some innocent will be caught. But the agencies are, by now, smart enough to detect the bad from the good ones. Innocents will be released eventually. Bad ones not.
Arrest tens of thousands from not only the overt-terrorists but also those who don't lay down arms (complete deweaponization!), those who are like the fanatics of Lal Masjid, and, yes, those who follow politics of sectarianism. CONCENTRATE THEM IN A PLACE! Cut them out of the society. Deplete their ranks.
I believe this will lead to a lot of peace and prosperity.
And I am also confident that genuine innocent people, who don't fall into any of the above categories, will not be harmed much. I am confident because I have hundreds of family and friends in Karachi, Hyderabad, and Mirpurkhas who have never been unduly bothered by the law enforcement agencies.
Is anyone listening?!
