Is an operation in Punjab a good idea?

A balanced and totally sane point as at the end you have to rely on modern ,trained police system and integrated intelligence network.
In southern Punjab,Sippa Sahab was succeeded to exert its influence in 1990s mainly through its deobandi Madrassah network. Their weird ideology started to malign th innocent young minds and a series of brutal attacks began against Shias community.In this downtrodden part of Punjab,Baralvi sect is in majority but they preferred to be silent instead of voicing their concern against Sippa Sahaba militancy. Even in those turbulent times.
our agencies’role was dubious.It is worth remembering that not a single active barelvi organization was involved in so called Kashmir or Afghamistan Jihad.(An Albarq named militancy organization was formed but it was inactive and was never been in operation).All the militant organizations were Deobandi’s sect.
If Punjab Government and our agencies are truly sincere to root out militancy in Southern Punjab ,they have to embark upon multiple strategies.First of all train and modernize the policing system equipping them with sophisticated arms and equipment.Form a better agencies network
and then educate people how this menace of terrorism will at the end eat out them.
In southern Punjab, People are though religious but at the same time they are rather more liberal than Sindh,Balochistan or Khybar Pakhtunkhaw.Recommend

This makes a lot of sense in principle. Military should be kept out and the police and the intelligence should work together. But would they be allowed to? Would the Punjab government act the way it should? However, I disagree with the connection between feudalism and the rising sectraian violence, not that feudalism should not be abolished. The principal reason for the growth of these outfits was and has been state protection. In the short-term and in the longer term, the state must give up the policy of tolerating violence and sectarianism on one pretext or the other including poverty or feudalism. The latter have existed since a long time but since 1985, the reasons for the birth and growth of the militant outfits are to be found somewhere else including not only the role of the state but its willingess to allow foreign players to fight their proxy battles on Pakistan’s soil.Recommend

Ayesha, I agree with you. Involving military in combating militancy in the heartland of Pakistan can complicate matters beyond redemption. The extremists have a formidable network of radical Islamists and secluded training areas and –once religious frenzy is whipped up- can find a sizable supply of ‘anti-Western’ recruits in the poor and illiterate Southern Punjab. I also agree with you in that the task is not beyond the police provided it is allowed a free hand and is fully backed by political will and intelligence. The clergy will also need to be engaged. However, military support in terms of intelligence and equipment will be essential and it can only happen if and when the Pakistan Army is willing to lord over the annihilation of its erstwhile protégés – all of which are deobandi militant outfits. Even yesterday there were strong allegations –alluded to Afghan military commanders- against the ISI accusing it of abetting the Afghan Taliban. Whether or not ISI as an institution is still up to its old tricks, we all know that there are intelligence officials, both active and retired, who have dealt with the militants in the past and still support their cause.
By the way, as long as we continue to use Islam to forge a sense of national identity, extremist militancy will remain woven into the fabric of Pakistani society and will keep surfacing with new aims, tactics, and strategies.Recommend

Gujranwala,chakwal and faisalabad are no doubt hubs of militancy .These are creating more money for defunct organizations like ssp abd let.There is no consensus among political parties and security establishment .this is how the militants are getting benefit. The intellectual support to militants is makeing them more strong. So tacit support of society is providing militants breating space. Unfortunately this goverments does not have any plan to end extrmism and militancy. Natuionla counter terrorism authority is nothing but just staff of few people who go to office take cup of tea and nothing else.Bacuse they do not have the authority to even induct staff.Sir rehaman malik please leave patronizing this organization.let them work alone and chalk out a plan for bringing this nation out of this mess.Recommend