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The illusion of Pakistan as a safer and more peaceable state has been blown into a bloody tapestry on walls, by roadsides and at public gatherings across the land. The terrorists have usurped once again the writ of the state and the state itself is in disarray, hobbled by its failure to confront the terror threat in a robust and consistent manner that transcends the politics of partiality. That failure has created the space for terrorists to regroup and recover from whatever blows have been inflicted upon the various groups that seek the downfall of the state. Terrorism is resourceful, it is adaptive and flexible, intelligent and utterly committed to its goals and has no qualms about butchering indiscriminately to achieve them. Whilst there are sections of the media and wider society that condemn utterly these dreadful crimes there are others that do not, and the absence of clerical voices among those issuing condemnatory statements is notable. Terror has, in less than a week, turned the clock back by months, perhaps years. Once again the land is cloaked in fear and the fingerprint of the state is on the clasp at the neck of that cloak.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 17th, 2017.
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