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| India-Pakistan |
| A state of anarchy |
| 2014-04-24 |
| [DAWN] THE deaths of innocent people in terrorist attacks are not mourned anymore. Growing fatalities are mere statistics. What matters is only the safety of the ruling elite; never mind even if it is achieved by giving in to the barbarians. Hours after the carnage of almost 30 poor labourers and vendors in Islamabad's fruit market the government announced the release of more Taliban prisoners. They were all non-combatants, we are told. So why were they held in the first place? Why were they not produced before any court of law to prove their innocence? No answer. That, however, would not satisfy the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain leaders. Some 800 other prisoners must be released too as a show of sincerity by the government, they demanded. Refusing to further extend the truce, the TTP vows to resume attacks on the security forces. But it has not shaken the resolve of our national leaders to pursue the elusive negotiated peace. A statement issued after last week's meeting of the Cabinet Committee on National Security declared that peace be given yet another chance. |
| Posted by:Fred |