Media watch: Death comes knocking...

Editorials in local media focus on terrorists stepping up attacks as the military is engaged with relief efforts.

Media watch is a daily round-up of key articles featured on news websites, hand-picked by The Express Tribune web staff.

Striking at will

The bombers have once again defied whatever security measures were in place – or not in place – and harvested the lives of another group of people. Once again they have killed women and children, four of the former and six of the latter, along with eleven policemen who were presumably their primary targets. Eighty others were injured. Dozens of homes and businesses in the vicinity of the blast which happened at the entrance to the police lines in Kohat were flattened. (thenews.com.pk)

Intelligence failure

The intent of the militants is clear: they wish to demoralise the security forces of a country that is struggling for survival. This latest upsurge in violence is no coincidence — the enemies of Pakistan are attempting to inflict maximum damage at a time when resistance levels are low.  (dawn.com)

Kohat and more

It is time that the government and civil administration of the country take over managing the flood efforts from the army so that an organised military offensive once again strikes at the heart of the Taliban insurgency. Without the army fully engaging in eliminating the terrorists, such attacks are likely to be witnessed with increasing frequency. (dailytimes.com.pk)

A saner approach

For an Interior Minister, whose country right now is in the thick of a bloody turmoil thanks to his government’s unwillingness to resist American pressure and undertake military ventures against our own citizens, even to think on the lines of another military campaign reflects an abysmal lack of foresight that could prove extremely dangerous for the country’s integrity. (nation.com.pk)