There is a slight change in plan.Let us make this competition more interesting:
Section A
For participants which are non title holders.
Section B
For title holders
@RescueRanger @Nihonjin1051 @Luftwaffe @Security @Horus @WebMaster @Jungibaaz and others..
This amendment is made b/c many ttas have shown interest in taking part in competition.So those title holders which are not interested in becoming a part of jury but to take part themselves are also welcomed
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Post No#1
Section B
Category: Opinion
Where to go from here?
Syed.Ali.Haider
(Original Submission to PDF)
After the gut-wrenching horror of Peshawar, much has been said and written about how we found ourselves in this situation in the first place. Rather than looking at the past, this article intends to look at the future with an aim to proposing some feasible solutions to the security crisis facing Pakistan today. While some proposals may be painful or indeed regarded as being against collective wisdom, at least all of them should make for an engaging debate. The main thrust of the response should be on several fronts, not just the military one, with an aim to seizing the narrative across a wide domain. The military response has been swift and tactically effective, but to turn its gains into a more permanent state, much more needs to be done.
The Army has invested much blood and effort in creating the ideology under which it fights and motivates its personnel. The terrorists have managed to create a competing narrative specifically aimed at undermining this ideology due to the poor governance across wide swathes of the country. To leave it to the civil arena to resolve this issue is simply going to fail. Therefore, the Army must seize control of the way the masjids and madrassahs are financed from both within and without the country as a matter of national security. There need not be overt bans on what the mullahs can say, but tying it to their remuneration is a potent lever that will yield the desired results in short order. No money should be allowed to flow to any masjid or madrassah without being vetted and passed through a special cell created for this specific purpose. Anyone trying to bypass this system should be tried before a military court as an agent of the terrorists.
The second front that must be controlled is the several avenues of propaganda that the terrorists use to great effect. A specific task force must be assigned the seek and disrupt those who create and distribute the CDs, DVDs, posters and similar material for the terrorists. Anybody found to have participated in such material must be charged as an abettor of the terrorists, right down to truck drivers who may be found carrying such contraband in their cargo and right up the chain with confiscation of duplicating machines and computers and presses wherever indicated.
The third front should be specifically aimed at removing the equipment and support structures that the terrorists rely upon to infiltrate before their planned attacks. A task force with the specific authority to conduct searches for weaponry must be instituted to achieve this goal. Surprise raids with no warning must be carried out at all suspected sites without any regards to political or other sensitivities across the country, not just in KPK. Video recording of such raids must be made at the time to serve as proof as those responsible for their places are put up before military courts.
Once these three specific campaigns are in place and running, thought must the be given to the longer term strategies. These strategies must cover the following three areas: political, educational, and military.
For too long, political parties and factions have been able to create armed student wings that serve as the illegal forces serving their overall political agendas. These armed forces must be taken out without consideration to which political parties they belong. Direct intimation to the party leadership giving them a suitable period of time to disarm their armed wings at the highest levels must be followed through with action to confiscate this weaponry and personnel. Any political party found to still attempt persistence or creation of such wings must be eliminated from the political process forthwith.
Similarly, there has been a creeping religiosity that has been strangling all academic activities and laying the groundwork for manipulation of young minds later on. All curricula must be reviewed by the specific Board constituted for this purpose with an aim to removing such material and leaving behind a secular educational framework only. Only four subjects should be taught formally (English, Maths, Science, and Civics) up to the 12th grade level with no compulsory religious material. Religion can be introduced at the college level as an optional area of study.
Such trends have also been finding a footing with the armed forces themselves. While there are some indications that efforts to reverse this trend are being trying in the military training institutions, they must be invigorated as a matter of grave urgency, ranging from the small steps (for example, all officers must be clean shaven and groomed at all times) to the bigger ones (for example ensuring that all promotion criteria are dereligified).
For too long, Pakistan has relied on results of mixing religion with policy to try to serve its national interests. It should now be clear to the leadership that this approach has failed and their entire enterprise is in danger of collapsing under this historical mistake. It is time to reverse these trends and ensuring that Pakistan is put before all else, including religion, if the country and its institutions are to survive in this fast changing 21st century.
Surely, this will be not an easy task, but it must be done. Failure at this stage is not going to be an option. Whether the steps proposed above are implemented or not is up to the leadership to decide, but at least the recipe for survival should be clear to them.
