I totally concur, they (Pak army) did not want this clown to become the "Burhan Wani" of "ethno-fascism" which is what Manzoor and his ilk represent, initially the thought was that this movement will just fizzle out yet their crowds started to get larger and larger however PTMs own foolishness led to a dilution of its following when they started to spew hatred against Pak army (Wazir called for death to Pakistani soldiers) and not too mention their treatment of the Pak flag, when the military offered to negotiate with them over several of their demands they declined to turn up and kept on moving the goalpost further and further as they had no interest in any resolution yet Pak army has increased efforts to eradicate the anti-personnel mines problem and has cut down on security checkpoints which are now handled by Pashto speaking frontier corps personnel, these action by the military have further eroded PTMs popularity, I firmly believe it is just a toothless tiger despite having two members in Parliament who are not engaged in any effort of governance but only spewing venom against the state, their lack of performance has exposed them to their electorate and next time round their hopes of being elected have severely diminished...that is if they are around for next time.Kudos Moonlight
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@Moonlight it is not just a zero sum game, we to take all potential scenarios into account before we act, if our fiscal and external issues were fine then by all means grab these miscreants by the scruff of their neck however they are far from ideal and we need to handle the matter delicately and methodically just as in the case of TLP when foreign agencies were wishing PM Imran Khan implements the strategy of Bashar Al Assad against those TLP goons, this would have led to a colossal bloodbath, instead the situation was allowed to calm and Rizvi and his cronies were swiftly apprehended and are today no where to be seen.Kudos Sir
