Killing of Major-General wont go unpunished | Kayani

[HAIDER]

Major-General Sanaullah, General Officer Commanding 17 Division, Swat, was on his way back after visiting troops deployed at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up his vehicle, Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lieutenant Colonel Tauseef Ahmad and Sepoy Irfan Sattar also died in the attack.

Being billed as a setback to talks with the Pakistan Taliban, the attack has provoked a strong response from Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday. He said in a statement that while it is understandable that they give peace a chance through a political process, “no one should have any misgivings that we would let terrorists coerce us into accepting their terms. The army has the ability and the will to take the fight to the terrorists”. He reiterated the “Pakistan Army’s resolve and unflinching commitment in fighting the menace of terrorism, in accordance with the will of the nation and at any cost.”

Sunday was marked by other acts of terrorism in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) near Bannu and Miranshah, killing Frontier Corps personnel. These incidents come after the recent All Parties Meeting called by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif where a dialogue process with Pakistani Taliban was stressed. Reportedly, even the army was on the same page as the government on this.

However, sources familiar with the area said that though the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has taken responsibility, it does not have a presence in that region, mostly under the control of Mullah Fazlullah, who ran a parallel administration in Swat before the army was called in. Lieutenant General (retired) Talat Masood, chief coordinator of Pugwash, said it will not be so easy after the army chief’s statement for the government to initiate dialogue.

He felt that even if it was not the work of TTP, there were many groups which owe allegiance to it. While the government has strongly condemned the incident, there are those who feel the talks should go on. Lieutenant-Colonel Shafqat Saeed (retired), a defence analyst said that though TTP acted irresponsibly, the government should not pull back from talks. Instead, it should force the TTP to exercise restraint.Mr. Sharif is away on a three- day trip to Turkey and the while the incident has been condemned, little is being said of the future of talks. Rustom Shah Mohmand, former Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan said the government, after deciding on talks, should have appointed a point person to take it forward.

Keywords: Pakistan army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Pak Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province
Killing of Major-General won

 

[Sugarcane]

Please someone tell Chief that he was not first General, he has to take revenge of 50k lives. Just do carpet bombing on their rate holes and knunar/nurishtan rather than giving statements.

 

[OrionHunter]

So what does Kayani plan to do? Wipe out the TTP? Well, he's been trying his darnedest since the past half a decade but has come a cropper so far. Does he intend to now nuke them? I don't see any other way how he can 'punish' them!

 

[TheFlyingPretzel]

Public spending and social development must be an essential part of the war. When their is no job-opportunity for the adults, and youngsters have no schools to go to then a large portion of the society automatically becomes prey to folks with deviant ideologies. You can keep killing them but there will always be replacements to fill the vacancies. It is this pool which the TTP has the luxury of picking people from which must be dried out. The army's been doing it to some extent, enlisting teenagers and young adults of the affected areas, but the federal government needs to take up the task. Until we include them in Pakistan this war will never come to an end.

 

[Leader]

Please someone tell Chief that he was not first General, he has to take revenge of 50k lives. Just do carpet bombing on their rate holes and knunar/nurishtan rather than giving statements.

its COAS speaking, not kiyani !

 

[TalibanSwatter]

DAWN

THE government’s ardent pursuit of talks with the Taliban has largely been met with stoicism from the army high command — until now. Publicly, the army leadership has been keen to play up its deference to the constitutional chain of command and accept whatever decision the civilian leadership takes. Privately, however, the army has been very concerned — and, for once, rightly so. The government’s approach to talks has been dismally supine and defensive and there has been little indication it understands the implications of its actions or the damage it may cause to the fight — and yes, it is a fight, war even — against militancy. In the aftermath of the killing of a general though, the cracks have broken through to the surface and in full public view. Yesterday, Gen Kayani spoke bluntly about not caving in to the demands of terrorists and forcefully underlined the army’s resolve to defeat the terrorists militarily.

Despite his strong words — ones that ought to be emphatically supported — Gen Kayani perhaps unwittingly underlined the wider problem: public ambivalence and indecision by the army leadership over the years. For Gen Kayani to state now that it is “understandable to give peace a chance through a political process” is reasonable — it would be wrong to publicly break with the explicit policy of the civilian leadership. But has the army leadership really done its fair share — and for a country where the civil-military imbalance is very real, that share is a substantial one — in explaining to the country why the fight against militancy is Pakistan’s war and why it must be pursued vigorously? The answer is a clear, and unhappy, no. To his credit, since his Aug 14 speech last year, Gen Kayani has spent the last year speaking more forthrightly about the terrorism, militancy and extremism threat. But it is too little too late.

Has the army leadership dropped its duplicitous policy on drones and publicly accepted who is being targeted and why and what the benefits are?

Has the army leadership publicly distanced itself from groups like the Difa-i-Pakistan Council and sundry right-wingers running around the country trying to stir up trouble?

Most importantly, has the army leadership come anywhere near a zero-tolerance policy against militancy? If it continues to distinguish between the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ militants, the only kind of message the citizenry will get is a muddled one. Yes, the civilians are failing to provide the leadership the country needs today. But has the security establishment provided the clarity and leadership the country deserves?

 

[chhota bheem]

pakistan needs both political and military will to defeat ttp.i do wish he does get his revenge .

 

[W.11]

Public spending and social development must be an essential part of the war. When their is no job-opportunity for the adults, and youngsters have no schools to go to then a large portion of the society automatically becomes prey to folks with deviant ideologies. You can keep killing them but there will always be replacements to fill the vacancies. It is this pool which the TTP has the luxury of picking people from which must be dried out. The army's been doing it to some extent, enlisting teenagers and young adults of the affected areas, but the federal government needs to take up the task. Until we include them in Pakistan this war will never come to an end.

the development cannot happen in those areas where the medieval people are hell bent on keeping laws with themselves? its no surprise that FATA is an area which is semi autonomous where law of the land doesnt apply and its very lawless land

how can developments even reach there? they apply their own midieval laws?

talibans are only present in those medieval lands and not KPK, why?

 

[Ayush]

ttp will revenge again if pak army take revenge frm ttp. TTP is freedom fighter movement. no body can stop them.

they are a threat to india too

 

[Sugarcane]

ttp will revenge again if pak army take revenge frm ttp. TTP is freedom fighter movement. no body can stop them.

Their next station will be India - I hope you know what you are wishing for

 

[Alpha1]

Please someone tell Chief that he was not first General, he has to take revenge of 50k lives. Just do carpet bombing on their rate holes and knunar/nurishtan rather than giving statements.

we should test the shaheen III there!

So what does Kayani plan to do? Wipe out the TTP? Well, he's been trying his darnedest since the past half a decade but has come a cropper so far. Does he intend to now nuke them? I don't see any other way how he can 'punish' them!

Every time the Army wants to take a decicive action or the concensus builds up the ttp apologists come on the scene

 

[Alpha1]

ttp will revenge again if pak army take revenge frm ttp. TTP is freedom fighter movement. no body can stop them.

Even the TTP scums say that, they will fight against India if pakistan is threatened!

big NO. our govt should support TTP

so you think Indian govt. Should support the animals who kill innocents?

 

[Alpha1]

big NO. our govt should support TTP

so you think Indian govt. Should support the animals who kill innocents?

 

[punjabilion]

so you think Indian govt. Should support the animals who kill innocents?

tell me onething. do u support those terrorists who killing innocent people in kashmir ? before reply think deeply

 

[Marwat Khan Lodhi]

big NO. our govt should support TTP

They might be already supporting some elements within TTP indirectly through afghan governament. E.g fazlullah's men attacking a major general at very sensitive occasion is highly suspicious.....its indians who want pakistan diseased with chronic insurgencies.