By Sikander Hayat
These days it is a fashion to predict an immediate demise of Pakistan but look at the history and you will see nothing but resilience from this country in the face of adversity. Pakistan has faced very dire moments in past as well. Especially when the Soviets were knocking at its door and threatening its very survival but it survived and prospered. I ask so called journalists to report facts and not what your readers want to hear, especially the so
called independent media from India which has some kind of obsession with Pakistan. Let’s not call your wishes news or analysis.
Don’t forget it is a country of 180 million people. UK, France and Germany combined barely come close in population terms, if there are incidents of lawlessness happening anywhere that is only natural in such a big country. Plus the war on terror has pushed all kinds of bad people from Afghanistan into Pakistan who are creating a lot of havoc.
So please keep the analysis objective and not so biased. There are more people dying in India everyday in its numerous insurgencies be it Maoist, Kashmiri, Assamese, Nagas or others but somehow all the attention is squarely fixed on Pakistan.
Let’s look at India in more detail, in India Maoists movement has spread to nearly 40% of the country's geographical area and is a major political force in poor tribal states such as Chhattisgarh, Jharkand and Orissa.
Maoist have burned schools, killed more than 900 security officers, and, in at least one province, detonated more than 1,000 improvised explosive devices over the past five years. The Indian government has sent thousands of soldiers into the Maoists strongholds, which also happen to be some of the most impoverished and economically underdeveloped parts of India.
These days it is a fashion to predict an immediate demise of Pakistan but look at the history and you will see nothing but resilience from this country in the face of adversity. Pakistan has faced very dire moments in past as well. Especially when the Soviets were knocking at its door and threatening its very survival but it survived and prospered. I ask so called journalists to report facts and not what your readers want to hear, especially the so
called independent media from India which has some kind of obsession with Pakistan. Let’s not call your wishes news or analysis. Don’t forget it is a country of 180 million people. UK, France and Germany combined barely come close in population terms, if there are incidents of lawlessness happening anywhere that is only natural in such a big country. Plus the war on terror has pushed all kinds of bad people from Afghanistan into Pakistan who are creating a lot of havoc.
So please keep the analysis objective and not so biased. There are more people dying in India everyday in its numerous insurgencies be it Maoist, Kashmiri, Assamese, Nagas or others but somehow all the attention is squarely fixed on Pakistan.
Let’s look at India in more detail, in India Maoists movement has spread to nearly 40% of the country's geographical area and is a major political force in poor tribal states such as Chhattisgarh, Jharkand and Orissa.
Maoist have burned schools, killed more than 900 security officers, and, in at least one province, detonated more than 1,000 improvised explosive devices over the past five years. The Indian government has sent thousands of soldiers into the Maoists strongholds, which also happen to be some of the most impoverished and economically underdeveloped parts of India.
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