

Meanwhile, Mr Aziz’s words had been met with some incredulity, notably from within the PTI. Certainly, the senior official did not say where or when the assurance by the US had been given. With the Hangu attack coming so soon after he addressed the Senate panel, it is now quite obvious that the US has no intention of stopping drone attacks and is interested only in guarding its own interests.
We do not quite know what the precise nature of the deal between Pakistan and the US is. Speculation on this issue has floated for far too long. It is time for the government to come clean and tell people the truth. This, after all, is fundamental to establishing a relationship of honesty with people, and also making it clear how things stand in real terms. Fabricating stories or disguising the truth will not, in the longer run, help us and will indeed only make things more complicated as far as the matter of devising a strategy to take on the Taliban goes. We need to face the reality of drones and work within this realm to find a way to cope with the menace of terrorism that has already taken such a high toll on our country and its people.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 22nd, 2013.
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