Nowadays, terrorism has become
a great threat across the world. Interestingly, its rational meaning cannot be
defined, because if someone is harming certain people, somehow he must be
defending some others. As Quaid-e-Azam is considered a hero in Pakistan, but on
the other hand he is a negative character and traitor for the Indians. Anyways,
the word of terrorism agitates when the writ of the state is challenged in any
territory and when it is attempted to establish a state within a state.
It is hard to determine the origin of terrorism specifically but as far as
Muslims are interlocked with it, that all initiated with effect from the war of
US against Russia. If it is peeped back into past a few years ago, when US
organised different forces in order to break Russia, it also provoked Pakistan
to help it, hence Pakistan induced an armed force based on the people who lived
in tribal areas and named them ‘Mujahideen’. It all happened in the tenure of
Zia ul Haq. He directed those non state actors to Russia, henceforth Russia was
broken. Usama Bin Laden was their leader and America brought him from Saudi
Arabia. When the war was finished and those Taliban came back having achieved
their target, some of them preferred Pakistan to live in and others immigrated
to Afghanistan. Henceforth, armed weapons were accustomed in Pakistan because
the Taliban were carrying their weapons as their tradition and they refused to
surrender before the writ of state. They presented their agenda carrying the
imposition of Islamic law as their main demand, which was not acceptable for
Pakistan and US as well. They started implementing their laws in Afghanistan and
a school of thought was emerged in 1999 with a name of Al Qaida.
Claims come from former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook that:
The truth is; there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And
any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign
to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity…The country
behind this propaganda is the US.
An unfortunate incident of World Trade Center and Pentagon jolted the whole
world when a worse terrorist attack swallowed more than two thousands lives.
Afterwards, America put forward a reason of 9/11/2001 and declared to invade
Afghanistan and asked for Pakistan’s support. That was the government of Pervaiz
Musharraf in Pakistan, which showed endorsements for America. At that time
operation in Pakistan did not get succeeded because there were many believers
and supporters of Taliban who had had a soft corner for them so those militants
kept dilating across the country.
Pak army was still operating against them at backdoor and then in Islamabad the
incident of ‘Laal Masjid’ added fuel to fire which lasted 15 days. Pak army
killed a huge number of armed militants inside the mosque, in return these
religious extremists also operated back which not only claimed a lot of human
loss but also resulted an immense destruction in the capital which had a huge
impact on whole country. Consequently, a wave of suicide bombing scattered in
Pakistan and they started dispersing and prevailing terrorism everywhere.
Thereafter, with the passage of time, when Zardari came into power, he
articulated to eradicate Taliban’s support from Pakistan. Public was made to
hate them by many means. A video of a tribal woman went viral on media in which
she was being whipped in front of many tribal people. Pakistani nation did not
like this brutality and stood against it. After it Pak army started North
Waziristan Operation against them. Some of them surrendered however the rest
kept fighting till their last breath, but it was not the end. Furthermore,
different videos were seen in which soldiers were being slaughtered savagely as
revenge.
There are several types of terrorism. Some people execute it for the achievement
of their targets, in order to defend their boundaries, to get firm hold of the
resources, and sometimes for the accomplishment of their any unfair demand
however, the most extreme and powerful agenda is for the enforcement of
religion. In Pakistan terrorism is dispersed in the name of politics, money and
sectarianism. Basically, the causes of the terrorism could be poverty,
unemployment, lack of education and corruption. It has affected Pakistan very
badly and severely. First of all it spoils the image of country in the world’s
accord and gives very poor and negative impression in terms of diplomatic
affairs. Pak enemies declare it as a turmoil state. Most of the talented and
educated people are escaping from Pakistan, causing the investment decline day
by day. Terrorism spreads chaos, panic and depression all across the nation.
Tourism is considered the wheel of economy, by the dint of terrorism, now
tourists are scared of visiting Pakistan. Terrorism has affected the
international sports activities of Pakistan, following the Sri Lankan’s team
attack. As per the report of PID, the cancer of terrorism has swallowed more
than half millions of human lives till now excluding economic loss in Pakistan.
Weapon is the other curse which has become a necessity now; it not only affects
our budget but also drifts the preferences of the state. Terrorism not merely
kills a single person, but a whole family, who bears its consequences. Hence a
fire of revenge agitates in their hearts thus this chain never breaks. If one
person dies, a new story emerges.
Raheel Sharif wanted to wipe this all out but Nawaz Sharif first wished for some
negotiations and dialogues to resolve this issue. However, on 16th December
2014, a massacre of Peshawar occurred; terrorists affiliated with the
Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) conducted a horrible attack in the Army Public School
Peshawar. This incident grieved all and once again an air of hatred touched all
the hearts hence whole nation of Pakistan stood united against them. Pakistan
army itself decided to launch an operation and the government had to support it,
finally the “Zarb e Azab” operation was started against them, in the beginning
the leaders of some religious parties were not agreed though.
However, keeping in view the necessity of time, they had to agree with it hence
the operation went successful and it is still going on. Even some of the
terrorists surrendered themselves. Nevertheless, the situation is getting better
day by day, even though an operation has been started in the city of lights
which had lost its hustle and bustle some years ago. After the establishment of
military courts, the implementation of law has become more convenient.
No doubt army is playing its due role very efficiently but equally nation and
government should not forget their roles in this regard which are very
significant. Different religious scholars should unite themselves and declare
their unity along with brotherhood, so that their followers would also get
unified. Awareness should be given to the nation through media as media plays a
vital role in it. Media should avoid spreading and showing things through wrong
perspectives. Likewise, the government should impose the strict punishments and
laws. Moreover, people should be given a proper education of religion so that
they could learn and know what our religion actually says and these terrorists
couldn’t manipulate those innocent minds in the name of suicide bombing as
martyrdom. On the other hand, hatred should be eradicated from the hearts and
justice should be served everywhere. Then again the government should maintain
good relations with the neighboring countries and even with our enemies as well.
Furthermore, the conflict of Kashmir should be resolved as soon as possible.
Now time has come to show the world that we have done too much “do more”, now it
is their turn to admit our sacrifices for the global peace. We are a peace
loving nation but we have fought a tough battle against our traditional and non
traditional rivals. After the ongoing operation the rays of hopes are getting
highlighted as far as the economic condition and the diplomatic affairs of
Pakistan are concerned.
Undoubtedly, our law and enforcement agencies are pushing the non state actors
towards the corner and they are just taking their last breath that is why being
a brave nation we will have to face the collateral damage. In shaa Allah that
day is not far when Pakistan will be considered as one of the safest places of
the universe having a terror free environment.
May our homeland live long!