One of my favourite quote is "defeat is not a physical thing. You are only defeated when you concede defeat in your mind"
No one can just wipe off a nation of 200 million. If Pakistan is to be subdued, Pakistanis are to be convinced in their minds that resistance to preserve their sovereignty is futile and your enemies are just too powerful to defend against. In military term it is called breaking will of a nation to continue resisting. Mongols were very effective in waging this type of psychological war. Look closely and you will figure out what is happening around you. Even just look at Indian posters here and you will have that moment of clarity. Break the will of people to resist.
How they are trying to execute it? By convincing people of Pakistan and that defence agencies are incapable of defending the nation. The bond between Pak military and nation is very strong and it has to be broken. Media is their crucial instrument. They are throwing money at them and in return media instigates doubts in the minds of people against LEAs. Media, NGOs, human rights activists, judiciary etc continuously promote people like Mama Qadeer and keep raising all types of questions. Jang group was leading this campaign earlier now Dawn is doing this. You ever wonder why Kashmiris human rights are never subject of debate? Just read today's Dawn and you will get the idea.
Military knows the plan and it also knows India can not risk direct military confrontation. But military can do so far. It is duty of politicians to lead the narrative and keep nation's morale high. They are terribly lacking in that.
Painful such attacks maybe they can never defeat Pakistan. Nor is it the aim to defeat Pakistan. Aim is to instigate sectarian divide and loss of confidence on LEAs. They haven't succeeded. One thing they miscalculated was resolve of Pakistanis and their ability to carry on with life in times like these. We didn't give up hope. Shias did not turn on Sunnis nor Punjabis on Pashtuns. Karachi did not grind to a halt nor were their mass protests against military. Nation's resolve did not break. We rather became more supportive of our military.
What to do against RAW? Stand united and reach out to those whom they are targeting. Stand with Shites, Ismailies, Baloch and Pashtuns. Build pressure on politicians to implement NAP and trust me our enemies are defeated. They are already frustrated that despite doling out loads of money, Pakistanis just don't seem to lose hope. Don't lose that hope, fight this war and no one can undo us. They picked wrong people to mess with.
