Real Pakistan Heroes Police and Military Saving Lives

Following deadly attacks on Pakistani citizens in Lahore and Karachi this week, Chief of Police Lahore Aslam Tareen told The Nation that “religious elements are playing in the hands of enemies of Pakistan in the name of Islam”. Pakistani nationalists must unite to defeat these Trojan Horses who seek to destabilize and break up the Pakistani nation.

Federal Minister for Interior Senator Rehman Malik condemned the attacks carried out by jihadi suicide bombers and declared Pakistan Police Medal (PPM) to those heroes who have sacrificed their lives in the line of their duty. The injured Manzoor ASI has also been awarded Pakistan Police Medal (PPM) on the recommendation of IG Sindh.

Pakistani police and military are the true heroes against such anti-Pakistan elements as TTP, LeT, SSP and other jihadi groups that murder innocent Pakistani citizens and attempt to create chaos and division among the masses. True Muslim leaders will take an effective role to counter the recruitment of Pakistani youth by these groups.

The government must take concrete steps to deal with hostile elements to disrupt their nefarious designs. Moreover, religious leaders of different factions should play more effective role to counter this menace as the country is at war in which the enemy is unseen.

There is a need for general awareness among the public about terrorists’ techniques used to subvert the uneducated youth and their method of infiltrating communities and masses to gain their support during planning and execution phases.

Police experts emphasise on the importance of resumption of local community vigilance system, coordination with police and monitoring of children’s activities by their parents.

Also the proud Pakistani citizen must exercise vigilance by being aware of jihadi techniques and tell-tale-signed and alert law enforcement of these when they are noticed.

‘We need the cooperation of public and activation of community vigilance system as it will enable law enforcing agencies to deliver more effectively and efficiently’, police officers say.

The communities and the masses should learn the techniques used by the terrorists to subvert their off shorts. The masses should be motivated to offer cooperation to the community leaders and the law-enforcing agencies to counter the menace of terrorism.

Most important the Islamist parties must not put their own ambitions ahead of the national interests. Islamist parties must issue declarations condemning the jihadi militant groups and call on true Muslims to work within the political process to protect the country and reject sectarian violence.

Political set up in Pakistan is moving in divergent directions where they would be exposed to more vulnerable risks and mutual destructive moves. Under such atmosphere, the government should give a clear message to all the Islamist parties, whose role is enshrined in our cultural life, to choose their aims and strategies correctly beyond sectarian considerations to set the domestic policies in order to shed away charges of breeding terrorism in the world.

A unified Paksitan is stronger than a thousand nations and will never fall prey to the threats and attacks of miscreants and evil groups that twist the teachings of Islam to justify their violence against our people.