A Strong Voice Against Terrorism Silenced

I In Pakistan, most of the political and government leaders, including General (retired) Musharraf and his team, called Q League, are against terrorism when they address West, but in Pakistan, where the terrorists and extremists are getting stronger every passing day, they don’t do anything to block terrorist elements within the government .

This time, when Mohtarama Bhutto announced the end of her exile, she said that she knew the elements within the ranks of Army who were funding and supporting terrorism and she would curb them after coming into power.

These elements thought it a grave threat to their plans and welcomed her with twin suicide attacks in Karachi, which killed about 150 people. Mohtarama Bhutto survived the attacks but was not scared and bravely continued her campaign.

Though she had returned home after a West-backed power-sharing deal with the ruler, President Musharraf, she could not reconcile with the Army and the secret agencies that were involved in her father’s as well as democracy’s murder.

Before going to Liaqat Bagh, Rawalpindi, where she was assassinated Thursday, she had visited Peshawar for her election campaign and there was not any unwanted incident. In fact, as she had expressed several times, she was not afraid of the terrorists or extremists, but was complaining that certain elements within the government, who are sponsoring terrorism, were planning to kill her.

She had also expressed her concerns over the security measures the government was taking for her. Not only she, but also most of the experts of the situation, had said that they were unsatisfactory.

The government’s answer to this question was ‘She should not partake in political rallies’. On the other hand, the Chowhadris and pro-Musharraf figures were having large gatherings and they were provided more security than they needed.