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While an emerging Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility for the recent assault on a police academy in Quetta, security officials believe that Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al-Alami (LJ-A) executed the carnage. </p><p class="">In a series of terror attacks — including the targeting of Quetta’s Civil Hospital on Aug 8, which killed at least 70 lawyers — there is increasing evidence that banned militant outfits are not only emerging with new names, but are also expanding their scope of activities from sectarian attacks to targeting state institutions in a cross-border rage.</p><p class="">These are ominous developments. Balochistan finds itself caught between the terrorist devils unleashed by dark elements of deep states within the region, their tentacles spreading far and wide. Our intelligence sleuths are convinced that those responsible for Quetta’s mayhem were sponsored and steered by the hostile intelligence agencies of some neighbouring countries. According to security officials investigating these attacks, local militant groups — especially Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) and its offshoot LJ-A, along with Jamaatul Ahrar — have developed a nexus with IS masterminds in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. Over the last five months, Uzbek, Tajik and Afghan nationals have been inducted as part of an orchestrated terror campaign.</p><p class="">Let us examine the resurgence of LJ under the new brand of LJ-A. One of the deadliest sectarian militant outfits, it is affiliated with both the TTP and Al Qaeda. As part of a drive against banned outfits as stipulated in the National Action Plan, it was claimed that LJ stood completely eliminated following a police ‘encounter’ in Punjab on July 29, 2015, in which chief of the defunct outfit, Malik Ishaq, was killed along with four other key leaders. However, the lethal organisation made its presence felt when it hit back just over two weeks later when a suicide bomber targeted and killed Punjab’s home minister, Shuja Khanzada.</p><hr> <h4>Balochistan has seen sectarian and militant outfits proliferate.</h4> <hr> <p class="">The LJ-A came to notice soon after 9/11 by establishing a presence in Afghanistan with assistance from the Afghan Taliban and Al Qaeda. It was founded by Abid Mehsud, who hailed from South Waziristan. However, it retained contact with LJ; the distinction was that one exclusively targeted Shias while the other hit security agencies and government installations. Reportedly, it was LJ-A that was responsible for kidnapping and killing two Pakistani intelligence officers. That incident is said to have resulted in the killing of Abid Mehsud in October 2010 at the behest of the then emir of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Hakeemullah Mehsud. His next in command, Yahya Afridi, was also killed with four companions in Kurram Agency. Shaukat Mehsud became the new commander. However, due to the military operation in South Waziristan, the group went underground and lay dormant for quite some time.</p><p class="">This year, LJ-A became active again under the fugitive Syed Safdar (alias Yousaf Khorasani) from Karachi. Suicide attacks on security forces have intensified. The militant outfit was the prime suspect in the Karachi Nishtar Park attack. It has footprints all over the targeting of Quetta’s legal community, as was evident from its spokesman’s belligerent statements blaming security agencies for targeting their commander’s family in Karachi. There were clear signs that the group was planning for bigger, more lethal attacks — and then the police academy attack occurred. Our state agencies were, yet again, caught napping.</p><p class="">While the devil’s disciples are known by our security agencies, it is the primary responsibility of all the state’s stakeholders to ensure that we are not mired in these games. We should instead address internal security fault lines. I agree with ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan when he asked the government to reconsider its internal and foreign policies so that similar attacks can “at least be reduced if not entirely eliminated”. He also added that “a peaceful Pakistan is impossible without a peaceful Afghanistan”. The Iranian Supreme National Security Council’s secretary also denounced the Quetta carnage as “a sign of unbridled growth of terrorism and extremism across the region”. </p><p class="">The helplessness of Balochistan’s government is evident from the statement given by its home secretary before a parliamentary committee: “Balochistan has become a cocktail of insurgencies, religious extremism and other criminal activities. We cannot hide that the system has failed...” </p><p class="">However, the remedy sought is through draconian administrative pre-1958 powers under the Frontier Crimes Regulation to combat terrorism and organised crime in the province. It would be yet another recipe for failure as the provincial administration laments its lack of legal powers in a ‘war zone’. </p><p class="">It is unfortunate that a sound legislative framework established by Police Order, 2002 — along with extending the writ of the state in the entire province by replacing ineffective levies with a well-trained, fully equipped police force, established in all 30 districts on Aug 14, 2007— was frittered away at the altar of expediency by tribal political chiefs and a scheming, power-hungry bureaucracy. The resultant void in the absence of a well-oiled law-enforcement machinery has seen sectarian and militant outfits proliferate in lawless regions of the vast province. Civil armed forces and military cannot be a substitute for a long-term and enduring law-enforcement framework.</p><p class="">Meanwhile, the police is marginalised and demoralised, with restricted jurisdiction and lack of political will to enhance its effectiveness through professional capacity-building, and expansion and allocation of resources. Its vulnerability was further exposed on proving such a soft target for the terrorists.</p><p class="">Merely suspending the academy’s commandant and deputies cannot absolve the provincial police command and the government of criminal negligence for failure to protect a facility that had been attacked twice before. Who is responsible for the loss of 63 precious lives and over 160 injured in this morale-sapping atrocity? One expected the provincial police chief to accept responsibility for the glaring security lapse, and the insensitivity shown in not appropriately dispatching bodies of the fallen to their final resting places. Making scapegoats of junior minions clearly erodes the leader’s moral authority.</p><p class="">Pakistan has the dubious distinction of being one of the 10 most lawless countries according to the World Justice Project’s 2016 Rule of Law Index. Our companions are Venezuela, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Uganda and Bolivia. Is this the hall of shame we are comfortable occupying? </p><p class=""><em>The writer is former IG, Balochistan Police.</em></p><p class=""><em>Published in Dawn November 1st, 2016</em></p> </div> </div>   <div class="template__footer clearfix modifier--open px-1"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-11"> <div class="ml-0 ml-sm-6 px-0 px-sm-2"> <hr> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> <div class="mt-2 mt-sm-0 clearfix social-container">  <div class="social social--icon social--black social--flat social--facebook social--count float-left mr-1 "> <a onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on Facebook', 'width=640, height=536')" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1293470&display=popup&ref=plugin" target="_blank"><span style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); 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Great writing. Juniors must listen. Thank you.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4169830">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4169830">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4169897" data-id="2"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">lalai</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T02:55:12+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T02:55:12+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 02:55am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Precise and accurate.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4169897">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4169897">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170168" data-id="3"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">rama</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T06:26:26+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T06:26:26+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 06:26am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>“a peaceful Pakistan is impossible without a peaceful Afghanistan”. </p> <p>Alas some sane voice in Pakistan</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170168">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170168">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170303" data-id="4"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">raja</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T07:54:15+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T07:54:15+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 07:54am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Very well written sir, I hope somebody listens</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170303">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170303">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170304" data-id="5"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">SHAFI MUHAMMAD</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T07:54:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T07:54:55+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 07:54am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Yes ,this is shameful for us but without proper taring for the force ,prosecution and support of the Forensic evidence ,we can not b successful.Just think we do not have Mir Murtza SBB we did not get Forensic Evidence but for the making fool common people govt called overseas Forensic Experts but not in Danial Pearls because we have local experts available .U know better prevention 2.Apprehension 3.Conviction (Deterrence ) all these things can not b done without credible Forensic evidence</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170304">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170304">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170395" data-id="6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">saber</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T08:20:26+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T08:20:26+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 08:20am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Peace in Afghanistan only achieve through peaceful means ...</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170395">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170395">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170425" data-id="7"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Maverik</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T08:27:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T08:27:39+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 08:27am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@rama Pakistan & Afghanistan were largely peaceful between 1996-2001. Any guess why?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170425">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170425">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170444" data-id="8"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Maverik</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T08:33:05+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T08:33:05+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 08:33am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>It is abundantly clear that the rhetoric of "blame agencies for all faults" is a fabrication at best, blatant lies at worst. History proves that Pakistani security forces have been the victim of both propaganda and the "devils" of enemies of Pakistan. Constant propaganda (both internally & externally) has been created with such hysteria that the very facts of Afghan conflict have been twisted to present the Armed forces in a bad light. The fact is that Armed forces are the only reason why Pakistan survived when Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Libya and countless others fell.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170444">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170444">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170512" data-id="9"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Ali</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T08:53:21+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T08:53:21+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 08:53am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@ Rama And a peaceful India is not possible without a peaceful Pakistan. Keep that in mind also.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170512">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170512">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170643" data-id="10"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">sasindran ayadakandiyil</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T09:23:54+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T09:23:54+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 09:23am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Ali Agree, completely !...................U can't choose NEIGHBOURS !</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170643">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170643">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170692" data-id="11"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">khanm</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T09:38:09+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T09:38:09+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 09:38am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@rama ..with a same token... A peaceful India is impossible without a peaceful Pakistan...People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors...</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170692">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170692">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170698" data-id="12"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">wellwisher</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T09:38:31+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T09:38:31+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 09:38am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Sir should be made minister for internal security and given a free hand</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170698">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170698">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170735" data-id="13"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">khanm</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T09:44:49+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T09:44:49+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 09:44am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>first and foremost thing ...let us believe in our self..folks..What we say will soon be forgotten, but what we do, will live on through a thousand years...remember we can make a difference and no one else will...in Pakistan the democracy will always be where any two idiots outvote a genius....</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170735">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170735">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170812" data-id="14"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Abrar Nekokara </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T09:58:17+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T09:58:17+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 09:58am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>A very informative and well researched article .</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170812">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170812">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4170860" data-id="15"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Prateik</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T10:06:37+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T10:06:37+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 10:06am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>The last paragraph should serve as a eye opener.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170860">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4170860">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171035" data-id="16"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Siva</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T10:43:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T10:43:53+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 10:43am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Maverik Please remember before 2001 Afghan was ruled by Taliban and Pak is under Misharaff. So you cannot claim its really a peacefull situation.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171035">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171035">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171065" data-id="17"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Angry Pitbull</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T10:52:29+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T10:52:29+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 10:52am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>"Quetta’s mayhem were sponsored and steered by the hostile intelligence agencies of some neighbouring countries"</p> <p>Really?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171065">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171065">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171095" data-id="18"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Naveen Chauhan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T10:57:52+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T10:57:52+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 10:57am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Shaking hand with China is going to be biggest mistake for Pakistan</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171095">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171095">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171116" data-id="19"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">ashutosh mishra</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T11:02:20+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T11:02:20+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 11:02am</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Spot on comments by a wise man.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171116">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171116">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171633" data-id="20"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Safder Munir Nawaz</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T13:02:22+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T13:02:22+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 01:02pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Former IG Sahb,has rightly pointed out the disenchantment of GoP for attending the security issue, since it also once arrested and released divulged Syed Safdar(Yousaf Khorasani). Mere referring various statistics in terms of reinforcements of Police,its muscle building through training courses and adding weapons,will never serve the purpose rather,now it seems Govt and its agencies have become accustomed with terrorist attacks and these have been taken them for granted,even at masses level. Given the record of failure its now very evident that Terrorists are more intelligent as compare to our highly paid agencies,when their target achievements are looked upon.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171633">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171633">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171637" data-id="21"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">bidsyo</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T13:03:29+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T13:03:29+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 01:03pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>For the former Inspector General of Balochistan Police, he sure writes very lucidly and expresses himself beautifully.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171637">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171637">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4171643" data-id="22"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Apple</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T13:05:57+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T13:05:57+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 01:05pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Ali </p> <p>Says who?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171643">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4171643">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4172226" data-id="23"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">dost mohammed</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T15:53:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T15:53:48+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 03:53pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>The fact that Balochistan still does not have a proper police system speaks volumes. After decades, the so-called district management group, the police, and the military's civillian facing outfits still find it hard to get along. The police, while right to moan about being handicapped by other institutions (and political control of the SHOs), does itself no favours with endemic corruption and incompetence. Tariq Khosa, the writer, was indeed one of the few exceptions to the norm - both honest and knew what he was doing.</p> <p>The problem of miserable law and order institutions is deep in our culture, and that's why Pakistan does not progress. All these terrorist groups would not flourish if we knew how to behave in a more civilised, respectable, and tolerant manner.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4172226">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4172226">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4173006" data-id="24"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Ahmed Saeed </div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T19:04:42+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T19:04:42+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 07:04pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@rama Will India let that happen?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173006">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173006">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4173318" data-id="25"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Javid Shirazi</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T20:52:15+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T20:52:15+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 08:52pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Please utilize Mr. Khosa's valuable experience and services, to redress the mayhem that is underway. Need of the hour. What are the rulers waiting for?</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173318">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173318">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4173536" data-id="26"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">greywolf</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T22:09:23+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T22:09:23+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 10:09pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@rama the reason afghanistan is not peaceful is because of india's terrorist activities. the world is aware of what you are doing there, dont be oblivious to this reality.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173536">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173536">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="4173788" data-id="27"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author float-left">Rebirth</div> <div class="timeago comment__date" title="2016-11-01T23:35:46+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2016-11-01T23:35:46+05:00">Nov 01, 2016 11:35pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Unless and until the overpopulated regions of Pakistan in the east don't migrate to the western parts, these problems will persist. Pakistan's problem is lack of proper population dispersion with all real estate developments happening in already claustrophobic urban centres. No Bahria towns, DHAs, and other residential and commercial schemes exist in the Western parts. Without it, no one would want to move or settle there (including security officials), and as a result, the only people willing to go there are savages like the ones who've been described in the article above.</p> </div> <div class=""> <div class="button button--social" title="Recommend this comment">  <span class="button__label votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173788">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count votejs__count" data-vote-key="1293470/up-4173788">0</span>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </section> </div> </div> </div>  </article> </div> </div> </main> <aside class="pb-4 ">  <section class="widget theme widget-adsense modifywidget-border-off modifywidget-transparent" data-type="adsense" data-id="1220"> <div class="widget__header"> <h2 class="widget__title modifywidget-title-off"><span>Desk Mrec Top</span></h2> </div> <div class="widget__main ">   <div class="ad " aria-hidden="true"> <div class="ad__label " style="max-width:300px;">Advertisement</div> <div 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bed6bd969.jpg" alt="Judicial overreach"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391388" class="story__title font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391388/judicial-overreach" class="story__link">Judicial overreach</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">Can the three pillars of the state coexist in harmony? </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--opinion col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391387" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391387/disqualification"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be616e6a1.jpg" alt="Disqualification"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391387" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391387/disqualification" class="story__link">Disqualification</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1277/a-g-noorani">A.G. Noorani</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391386" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90be0659f1e.jpg?r=719563700" alt="Back to the future"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391386" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391386/back-to-the-future" class="story__link">Back to the future</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/authors/112/abbas-nasir">Abbas Nasir</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391385" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391385/securing-the-nation"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a90bdb0ea5ec.jpg" alt="Securing the nation"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391385" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391385/securing-the-nation" class="story__link">Securing the nation</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/authors/933/tariq-khosa">Tariq Khosa</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391176" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391176/manifestos-and-education"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2018/02/5a8f7b6a47fc9.jpg" alt="Manifestos and education"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391176" class="story__title font--playfair-display py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391176/manifestos-and-education" class="story__link">Manifestos and education</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/authors/568/faisal-bari">Faisal Bari</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="editorial-stories 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problem has been solved in an unusual manner, giving rise to the usual speculation of partisanship and bias. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391383" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391383" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391383/back-to-load-shedding" class="story__link">Back to load-shedding</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">The govt has acknowledged that there is more to resolving the persistent power shortages than raw megawatts alone. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391382" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial ">February 24, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391382" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391382/dangerous-nexus" class="story__link">Dangerous nexus</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">INEXTRICABLY linked, illicit economies and organised crime pose extreme threats to societies. In Karachi’s... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1391170" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> February 23, 2018</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1391170" class="story__title size-four font--playfair-display "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180224184719/https://www.dawn.com/news/1391170/regrettable-verdict" class="story__link">Regrettable verdict</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three font--georgia ">The highest court in the land should be accorded the highest respect. 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