Over the last 25 years, Pakistan has provided safe haven for terrorist organisations that engaged in anti- India activities. In recent years, Pakistan itself has been the target of inhuman and dastardly terror attacks. Today’s attack on the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team is the latest episode in a series of such incidents which include the attack on the Marriot hotel and the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
The world can no longer ignore the fact that Pakistan has become a failed state. The agreement between the Pakistani government and the Taliban in Swat region is an indication of things to come. It is only a matter of time before the present Pakistani government is de-stabilised completely. The failure of the government to ensure the safety of the visiting team, a team that showed courage and determination to go and play in place of India, is a national shame for the Zardari dispensation. It is a pity that the Pakistani civil society is too weak to challenge the extremist forces.
As India has been demanding all along, unless and until the terror infrastructure in Pakistan, especially in the Pak occupied Kashmir is dismantled there can be no peace and stability in the region.
India is heading to the general elections at a time when three of its neighbours, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have serious security problems. I am thankful that I live in a country which has strong rooted democratic system, albeit with certain flaws.
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