Pakistan’s security woes

In view of serious threats to the Parliament House, air force and naval complexes and Islamabad International Airport, a number of joint teams comprising Air Force, Navy and police commandos are combing the Margalla hills, while strict security is being maintained around many other sensitive installations in the capital. Additional police force and frontier constabulary soldiers have been deputed at the Karachi and Sukkur central jails, which are thought to be the possible targets of militants to get their comrades released.
Red alert sirens haven also been sounded for the protection of other security installations across the country. After last week’s daring jailbreak in D. I. Khan wherein Taleban were able to take along around 250 comrades, everyone in Pakistan is fearing an increase in terrorist activities. It was not only a jailbreak but a success story of safely transporting the released inmates repotedly to North Waziristan, which is several hundred kilometers away from D. I. Khan.
After repeated attacks on security forces, numerous jailbreaks, failure of courts to punish the terrorists, murder of 50,000 civilian and security personal, we can say one thing with sure — we are on the retreat and terrorists are apparently winning. Both the terrorists and their victims are on same page — both think they are doing a service to their religion.
It is high time Pakistan’s government and the people do a reality check and take all possible measures to check the situation before it is too late. — Masood Ahmed, Jubail