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| India-Pakistan |
| Death by committee |
| 2016-08-20 |
| [DAWN] IT is amazing how quickly a terrorist atrocity can concentrate minds in Pakistain. But not for very long, sadly. The recent slaughter of over 70 at a Quetta hospital is a case in point. The long dormant National Action Plan -- cobbled together after the December 2014 atrocity at the Army Public School in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. -- was dusted off. To oversee its implementation, retired Gen Nasser Janjua was pressed into service, and yet another committee formed under him. But the problem is not a shortage of committees: we already have the National Counter-Terrorism Authority, or Nacta. In addition, no less than 15 committees were set up to monitor different aspects of NAP, with the interior minister chairing 11 of them. |
| Posted by:Fred |