Twirp : Terrorist Wahabi Islamic Republic Pakistan

[Naresh]

[center]<b><span style='font-size:21pt;line-height:100%'>Unbroken cycle of violence and state myopia : Shireen M Mazari</span></b>[/center]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b><span style='color:red'>The extent of the lawlessness prevalent in the country today had never been so stridently evident before May 12 last year with the carnage in Karachi. Since then, violence on all sides has become the hallmark of our state and society.</span></b> <!--emo&:flush--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/Flush.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='Flush.gif' /><!--endemo--> First there has been the US-led war on terror, in which Pakistan has become a frontline state. Unfortunately, that has meant accepting a US-formulated military-centric strategy which has brought disaster for the US in Iraq and Afghanistan; and has merely increased the violence and mayhem in Pakistan. <b><span style='color:green'>Today, there is a near-anarchic situation that has moved beyond the tribal belt into the settled areas of the NWFP and is creeping into the rest of the country as well. The disappearance of our ambassador to Afghanistan on Monday, 11 February, as well as the kidnapping of two PAEC personnel, reflects the declining security in the NWFP.</span></b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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