Time has come for a deep intros­pectio­n and an agonis­ing reappr­aisal of policy­Islamabad has lived with the reality of having militant groups based on its soil for a long time. Why has the nation tolerated a situation in which militant groups are allowed to operate freely often at the expense of the country’s larger interests? Secondly, parliament, the supreme institution, has had very little to do with policies in the realm of internal security or foreign policy of the country. Should Pakistan be hostage to the whims, ambitions and bigoted, paranoid ideologies of misguided militant groups? Pakistan must rid itself of the fantasy of an ‘incomplete Pakistan without Kashmir’.

Source: The Express Tribune April 09, 2019 04:18 UTC