It has taken us a long time to come out of this quagmire because of one strategic blunder.
KARACHI: The nation has heaved a sigh of relief by knowing that Pakistan will not be part of a US-Iran war, since we are already being seen in the world’s suspicion — the secular voices are overshadowed by a few frivolous voices when it comes to the image of our nation. In fact, war is a phenomenon of which the military’s part is very small; the ultimate losers are civilians who are non-combatants. It is the civilians who pay the cost of war in terms of lives, homes and hearths; everyday our participation in the war on terror haunts every citizen. Pakistanis everywhere are seen with suspicion, mainly because of our association with the US in the Afghan war, which cost Pakistan a lot of collateral damage. Besides, our image has been tarnished and it has taken us a long time to come out of this quagmire because of one strategic blunder.
Nasir Soomro
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2020.
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