“Today, armed forces and all security agencies are in
control of the situation and the writ of the state has been fully established.”
General (r) Raheel
Sharif
Gone are the days when turmoil, uncertainty
and fear of terrorism were prevalent in the length and breadth of Pakistan. Today,
an environment of peace has established. There is a sense of security in
villages, towns and cities of Pakistan. Peace prevails, and clouds of fear are
absconded. Last year record number of tourists visited the northern areas of
Pakistan. With the help of almighty Allah and efforts of army, Pakistan has
controlled the situation. According to an estimate there were around 150 terrorist
incidents every month but today only one occurs in months.
War against terrorism is war of
aggression and attrition. World community generally and Muslim countries
specifically suffered heavily in the hands of this undeclared assault. It is Pakistan
who despite limited resources managed to defeat this menace. This feat is the
result of unshakable will power of General (r) Raheel Sharif and valiance
of his team who tackled every unconventional or conventional ambush of enemies.
Under the leadership of General
(r) Raheel Sharif Pakistan army and intelligence agencies controlled
the inextricably intertwined situation. There was a complex nexus between
financers, abettors, planners and executors sitting beyond the boundaries of
Pakistan. The situation was thorny, General said himself that “the journey to success was a tough
one” because enemy is within and looks similar to us. Any trivial wrong move
against traitors sitting in mainstream of politics could cause a huge damage to
this whole endeavour.
Sharing his experience about leading this war
retired General himself said in a meeting on “terrorism on digital age” held at
davos, Switzerland that Pakistan army not just launched an operation but it was
a drive against people, systems and environment facilitating terrorism. He also
said that drive against terrorism was supported by well planned theme and
intelligence sharing was “key to success”.
Historically, After America invasion of Afghanistan
problems had been aggravated for Pakistan. Environment was supportive and
conditions favorable for both terrorists and enemies of state of
Pakistan, and they exploit the situation. They also contributed with one
another to destabilize country.
Nobody had clear understanding that who is
killing whom. There was number of parties participating in the bloodshed
including terrorists, Taliban, Pakistani Taliban, Sectarian parties, terrorist
wings of political parties and foreign funded mercenaries. The situation had
gone to the extent that criminals using the name of terrorist organization to
get financial benefits.
Under conditions of desperation, frustration,
disappointment and uncertainty General Raheel sworn in as chief of the army
staff. General with his clarity of mind, unbending willpower and unwavering believe
in his cause changed the course of events, peace started coming in no time. He
successful lead operations in Tribal areas, cleared land from
terrorists, picked out facilitators and abettors of terrorists who were mingled
in the society, successfully rooted out terrorist wings of political parties,
pointed out Indian agents tasked to destabilize country, properly managed Afghan
refugees, opened de-radicalization centers for ideological and behavior
alteration of fanatics. This is in-turn restored the confidence of world
community on Pakistan as peaceful country. It also strengthens nationalism and
provided solid grounds for the growth of social, economic and political
activities in Pakistan.
Pakistan is only country on the map of the
world winning war against terrorism and fear of terrorism. The conditions in
Pakistan were akin to Syria, Libya or Iraq but Pakistan army responded at the
right time with befitting strategy, prevented Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi to
turn it into Aleppo, Damascus and Mosul.
Pakistan army showed that
wars not won only by bullets and guns. Bullets are responded by bullets,
psychological and ideological warfare warrant befitting response. A drive
launched to annihilate society and economy requires equal attention. But where
all these tactics are used, response must compose of equal proportion of each tactics.
For instance, a strategy of dialogue and persuasion is used to win the tiny
terrorist outfits operating in Balochistan.
General and his team put country on track to
win this war on terror. His commitment and resolve to serve country on every
front can be observed by his interest in CPEC. He said in speech on defense day
that “Its (CPEC) completion is a national duty and
Pakistan Army will play its full role to that end.” we are certain that
new army chief will follow in the foot step of his predecessor to root out
menace of terrorism completely.
“This army has
no match. We are capable to face all internal and external challenges, whether
tradition or untraditional, hot start or cold start. We are ready.”
General (r) Raheel
Sharif
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