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Totally, and that's what makes me despise him more. Now every time he comes on TV, it just looks like he is going to have a stroke. He is really defunct in Politics.
He has surrounded himself with goons and jihals and even his own party members call PTI a party of One. It's really funny IK talks a lot about Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem. Yet his actions and those of his partners speak something else entirely.
The only support he has is from delusional youth or self serving blaggards. His party is like the Monster Raving Looney Party in the UK... It will never be taken seriously.
Back to topic, the government needs to show unity and take decisive action against this growing and bold enemy.
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Pakistan renews call for dialogue with some Taliban
Mon Jul 5, 2010 12:28pm EDT
By Kamran Haider
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's government, under fresh pressure to deliver stability after suicide bombers killed dozens last week, renewed its call on Monday for talks with Taliban militants ready to renounce violence.
At least 42 people were killed and 175 wounded when two suicide bombers struck Pakistan's most important Sufi shrine on Thursday night, the second major attack in a month on Pakistan's cultural hub and traditional seat of power Punjab province.
Speaking after a special high level meeting on law and order, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the government would welcome negotiations under the right conditions.
"One thing is very clear that they will have to accept the writ of the state and surrender before the government. Our doors are open for negotiations with those who will surrender before the government," he told reporters.
The Taliban has shown no sign it would enter negotiations since the military launched a series of crackdowns against the homegrown Taliban in April 2009.
The suicide attacks in the eastern city of Lahore last week raised new questions over the effectiveness of those operations.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani opened the law and order meeting by urging political parties and religious leaders to help the state and army fight militancy after the attacks and called for a national conference to formulate a strategy to combat terrorism.
A new wave of domestic violence and deeper public discontent could distract Pakistan's government, which analysts say is busy maneuvering to gain maximum leverage in Afghanistan if peace is negotiated, in order to counter enemy India's influence there.
Gilani was quoted in a statement from his office as saying the federal government could not handle the problem on its own.
"Beside the army and law enforcing agencies, the terrorism, sectarianism and ethnic divide need to be handled by the important pillars of the state including public representatives from all the political parties, religious leaders and civil society," he said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the shrine attack, but officials have blamed "Punjabi Taliban" -- a term used for militants drawn from the province who have ganged up with Taliban in the northwest and have also forged ties with al Qaeda -- for previous attacks in the province.
DANGEROUS ALLIANCES
It is those alliances that are most worrying for Pakistan, which says its military is stretched fighting the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest.
"The nexus between these three is a problem for Pakistan. All the past activities that had been investigated, there is an involvement of these three," Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at the press conference.
But he ruled out a military crackdown in the Punjab.
Militants may have been trying to whip up emotions by attacking sacred religious sites in a bid to destabilize Pakistan, a nuclear-armed, regional power that Washington sees as critical in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Last month, Pakistani Taliban attacked two Lahore mosques belonging to the Ahmadi minority group, killing more than 80 people and wounding more than 100.
The Ahmadis consider themselves Muslims, but many in Pakistan, including the government, do not.
Lahore's police chief said earlier six militants had been arrested over the past few weeks in connection with several attacks including the one on the Ahmadis.
Mon Jul 5, 2010 12:28pm EDT
By Kamran Haider
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's government, under fresh pressure to deliver stability after suicide bombers killed dozens last week, renewed its call on Monday for talks with Taliban militants ready to renounce violence.
At least 42 people were killed and 175 wounded when two suicide bombers struck Pakistan's most important Sufi shrine on Thursday night, the second major attack in a month on Pakistan's cultural hub and traditional seat of power Punjab province.
Speaking after a special high level meeting on law and order, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the government would welcome negotiations under the right conditions.
"One thing is very clear that they will have to accept the writ of the state and surrender before the government. Our doors are open for negotiations with those who will surrender before the government," he told reporters.
The Taliban has shown no sign it would enter negotiations since the military launched a series of crackdowns against the homegrown Taliban in April 2009.
The suicide attacks in the eastern city of Lahore last week raised new questions over the effectiveness of those operations.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani opened the law and order meeting by urging political parties and religious leaders to help the state and army fight militancy after the attacks and called for a national conference to formulate a strategy to combat terrorism.
A new wave of domestic violence and deeper public discontent could distract Pakistan's government, which analysts say is busy maneuvering to gain maximum leverage in Afghanistan if peace is negotiated, in order to counter enemy India's influence there.
Gilani was quoted in a statement from his office as saying the federal government could not handle the problem on its own.
"Beside the army and law enforcing agencies, the terrorism, sectarianism and ethnic divide need to be handled by the important pillars of the state including public representatives from all the political parties, religious leaders and civil society," he said.
No one has claimed responsibility for the shrine attack, but officials have blamed "Punjabi Taliban" -- a term used for militants drawn from the province who have ganged up with Taliban in the northwest and have also forged ties with al Qaeda -- for previous attacks in the province.
DANGEROUS ALLIANCES
It is those alliances that are most worrying for Pakistan, which says its military is stretched fighting the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest.
"The nexus between these three is a problem for Pakistan. All the past activities that had been investigated, there is an involvement of these three," Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at the press conference.
But he ruled out a military crackdown in the Punjab.
Militants may have been trying to whip up emotions by attacking sacred religious sites in a bid to destabilize Pakistan, a nuclear-armed, regional power that Washington sees as critical in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Last month, Pakistani Taliban attacked two Lahore mosques belonging to the Ahmadi minority group, killing more than 80 people and wounding more than 100.
The Ahmadis consider themselves Muslims, but many in Pakistan, including the government, do not.
Lahore's police chief said earlier six militants had been arrested over the past few weeks in connection with several attacks including the one on the Ahmadis.
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Some kind of a national unity government can help to find a solution. Many ( if not all) of the PML-N who are now backing the militants may withdraw their support if they are given a share in the government. Carrot and sticks both need to be utilized to deal with this critical moment. Nothing can be more helpful than a national unity government which also has the backing of big players like the USA and GHQ. This is a matured approach to the current crisis. I have learnt that this is now being discussed behind the scene among the relevant players.
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No Sir.
There is no parallel in the Maoist situation. The Maoists are targeting the Establishment and people whom they consider as being affiliated to the Establishment. Period. Unless you happen to live in the heartland of their activities, you face no prospects of ever getting your skin nicked even in the wildest of crossfires. But their actions are subversive and terrorist in nature.
The situation being discussed now; envisages any person being laid low at any time, just like that. And the prospects of debate and persuasion with the main actors unthinkable.
About your impressions of Democracy and Political Institutions, i find grave lacunae.
But let that pass. This topic is about Terrorism in a particular context. i need say no more.
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DG ISI briefs PM on security situation
ISLAMABAD, July 7 : Director General ISI, Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at PM's Sectt: here on Wednesday. During the meeting they discussed overall security situation in the country. Lt General Pasha gave detailed over view of law and order particularly in the context of fight against terrorism and the role his agency is playing to combat the menace.
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Why are they still shy to put ISI under direct control ( in reality) of the PM Gilani ? We must put ISI under the direct control ( in reality) of the PM who is the executive head of the state.
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