Hope Sanity Prevails

                                               Hope Sanity Prevails? 

 Last few days, Pakistan is going through a turmoil after TTP head has been killed by a US Drone strike, from the very onset let me be very categorical I am a stern opposer of the Drone strikes, but that doesn't change factual ground realities. Since this Government has taken over, they were very candid and clear headed that they want to give peace a chance, very openly stated their policy of Peace talks with the Banned Outfit TTP. Both KPK Government and Federal Government announced to live in peace and negotiate with TTP. APC was called, all parties gave a  mandate to Government to negotiate with the banned outfit, Ch Nisar took the most difficult job, it looks he did his home work and worked tirelessly to bring TTP to the table, until that Drone strike killing TTP head and few other senior TTP commanders, leading to unprecedented outrage and mourning among different political forces, terming this as the murder of peace talks, few called the mass murderer TTP head a Martyr, few asked to block the NATO supplies and if necessary shoot down the drone. For Heavens sake, stop calling these mass murderers as martyrs, stop treating them a hero, you have no idea how the friends and closed ones of those martyrs will be feeling who lost their life's in this War waged on us by these Sons Of The Soil!!

Ch Nisar was very conclusive in his press talks and NA session speech that USA is the one who sabotaged these peace efforts for which he worked tirelessly. He went on to disclose that he requested US authorities for no Drone strikes during these peace talks, he further elaborated that in return US answer was that only key targets shall be taken out if we get the chance, ironically Hakim Ullah was included in that list. Now Question arises why Ch Nisar did not convey this to TTP head ??. Secondly a man with a head money of five Cores from Pakistan authorities and fifty million US dollars from Americans, why on earth Ch Nisar didn't remove that bounty from Hakim's head? Did he honestly believed that US authorities will spare the man involved in many strikes against US forces, the famous one,  where he masterminded the attack on CIA compound in Afghanistan and failed "Times Square" bombing. Now lets admit and give credit to Ch Nisar, he was making an honest effort to restore peace in Pakistan, there is no denying the fact we are in a deep shit hole, without any comprehensive policy for last decade or so, a dictator blindly jumped into this War on Terror to legitimise his ill-legitimate rule without comprehending the repercussion's on Pakistan, ignoring the fact this battlefield would be fought in our backyard. 

If Ch Nisar was not enough, Imran Khan came up with his presser, asking Federal Government to block NATO supplies, shoot down the drones if necessary. To Imran's credit he too is sticking to his narrative of War On Terror for almost a decade. Let me bring Khan Sahib a reality check and deep hole we are stuck in. If you all remember we had similar sort of APC just before Swat Operation, literally bowed down to every demand the TTP Swat chapter made. Now Question is, did they stop or gained more time to strengthen themselves and even went on to plan an assault on "Islamabad The Capitol" for further glory, then the Government realised that they have made a mistake. Do Khan Sahib realise that after this APC how many life's have been lost ??. Many groups have taken credit, videos are being released, attacks have been declared according to "Sharia" ??. Now Question arises why they are not stopping while Government of Pakistan is all out for peace talks or let me rephrase begging for peace talks, even knowing the fact that these Drones are controlled by USA not by Pakistani Agencies, recent reports clearly suggest Hakim's Drone strike may have been tipped by insider not by Pakistani Intel, why they are so upset when we are not after losing hundreds of life's, even martyrdom of a 'General' couldn't shake our resolve in peace talks ??.

By asking to stop NATO supply, Imran Khan equating Hakim Ullah Mehsud death with Salala Check post martyrs which is completely unfair and uncalled for. Secondly why you want to stop NATO supply while US and ally forces already have announced withdrawal ??. Let them go then we have all the time in the World for peace negotiations. 

While stopping NATO supplies we are inviting huge economic crises, our economy is already in worst shape of our  65 years existence, dependent on International Donor Organisations. It's very simple to say that we should reject 1.5 billion dollar US Aid, completely ignoring the fact that our major trade partner is US and NATO countries ??. Just recently EU has given Pakistan textile a preferential status, moving ahead with giving GPS + status meaning zero rated textile exports, few countries including Bangladesh have got that status and they have almost knocked out Pakistan and Chinese textiles. US is involved in many energy projects, ready to assist in big dams, just recently Pakistan PM went there with hand full of economic demands, asked Trade not Aid from the Americans. We must not forget that our foreign loans were rescheduled after entering into this war on terror, 20 plus billion dollars were given by US alone, allowed preferential environment for trade, billions of dollars FDI poured in, 6-7% growth rate achieved, its not US fault we wasted the opportunity, didn't construct infrastructure like China or India are doing, didn't built water reservoirs, big energy projects, wasted all the money on consumer economy. Then came Zardari sahib, got 17-18 billion dollar foreign reserves and just 6-7 trillion rupees debt, wasted everything in corruption and nepotism !!! 

To be fair to Pakistan Government they got a bankrupted economy, left with few choices, USA wouldn't stop its drone strikes as they didn't stop after Salala stand off unless we convince the TTP to disown the foreign elements, stop meddling in Afghan affairs, stop harbouring foreign elements attacking US armed forces in Afghanistan or we ourselves eliminate these groups. Just recently "Amnesty International" report on one hand condemns US Drone strike while in the same breath exposes our weakness by declaring that Pakistan was unable to stop cross border terrorist activities, our land becoming safe heaven for major terrorist groups and individuals. "Hope Sanity Prevails", we will burn every option, do not make hasty decisions, Imran Khan and Ch Nisar's recent NA speeches have given hope that  everything is not lost we may convince USA and TTP on some basic fundamentals, hope these peace efforts will bring peace but we must prepare ourselves for all adversaries as Imran Khan said "What If Operation Fails", My Question is "What if Peace Talks fail" As these Failed In Swat"??. Similar goes for Mian Nawaz Sharif, very rightly diagnosed the problem when he said "We Need To Clean Our House First Before Pointing Finger's At Other's". Pakistan been the victim of this terrorism but failed to sell its innocence and barbaric assault we faced, unfortunately most wanted terrorist arrested, killed or Droned in our backyard!

Finally some serious Question's must be asked from our Agencies, why on earth they stopped after carrying out successful Swat operation, why didn't they eliminated these Banned Out-Fits when they had the chance??, Are they ready to accept Afghanistan a separate state?, Are we ready to quit our deep state doctrine?, they must be asked whether these drone strikes happening with their consent, Are we providing Intel to US for these Drone strikes as after "Raymond Davis" saga US hardly left with any ground Intel ??. "Hope Sanity Prevails" at their end as well, if they get a chance they will eliminate every one leaving their strategic depth doctrine, "Good Taliban and Bad Taliban".