Right now Pakistani establishment is hard at work in propping up Qari Zainuddin Mehsud against the chief terrorist of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Baitullah Mehsud. Qari Zainuddin is busily trying to gather support against Baitullah, and establishment is helping him in this regard.
It all started when a militant Abdullah Mehsud returned from Gitmo in 2005 and restarted [...]
Regarding the war against terror, somewhere, it has been aptly observed: “Just as our present is the result of our past, so our future will be the result of our present.” Blood is on the road ahead. Terrorists are not sparing anyone, and they are out there to kill. They know that they are hated [...]
It goes without saying that the army action in the Malakand Division was necessary to stop the slaughtering of innocent people, the desecration of dead bodies and the blowing up of mosques and schools. These are unspeakable crimes and those who committed them must be brought to justice.
It also goes without saying that army action [...]
“Baitullah Mehsud is not involved in jihad because Islam does not allow suicide attacks, which his group is perpetrating.” Qari Zainuddin Mehsud has categorically said. He has also said that he is with the Pakistani people and Pakistani forces. He also says that he is supporting the military operation against the terrorist Baitullah Mehsud.
Qari Zainuddin [...]
Pakistan is touched at the traipse of the dispossessed, the mien and foot-slogging weariness of the war refugee scattered throughout NWFP and beyond. Whereas the Pakistanis are worried about these internally displaced people, they are also waiting for some breakthrough in the war against terror. A break through which will ensure the Pakistani upper hand [...]
