ISLAMABAD – At the time when everyone in Pakistan thought that theterrorism has been eliminated from the country, the enemies of the nationhave once again proved that they still exist in Pakistan and are currentlyactive. The recent bomb blasts in Peshawar, Bannu, and Mastung have killedhundreds of innocent people and left many of them injured.
In Peshawar, 22 people were killed including Barrister Haroon Bilour when asuicide bomber exploded himself at the election meeting of Awami NationalParty (ANP).
In Bannu, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Akram Khan Durranisurvived an attack when a blast hit his convoy and killed four people.
Similarly, in Mastung, more than 130 people were killed when a suicidebomber targeted an election event of Baluchistan Awami Party (BAP). Theprovincial assembly candidate Nawab Siraj Raisani was among the dead.
Meanwhile, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed theresponsibility of Peshawar blast, according to the media reports.
In the wake of these disasters, the Prime Minister Justice (R)Nasir-ul-Mulk announced a national mourning day on Sunday and two-daymourning was declared in Baluchistan. Some political parties including thePakistan People’s Party (PPP) temporarily suspended their electioncampaigns.
It seems like the political parties which were targeted by the terroristsduring the 2013 elections are being targeted once again. The motive is tospread fear among the politicians and the public. The gatherings of peoplein the political rallies are often the easy targets for the terrorists.
As everyone knows, the elections are just a week ahead and the terroristsbecome more active during such times. On the 25th of July, Pakistan willundergo a democratic process and the enemies of the nation just cannotaccept it. They don’t want Pakistan to go towards the general electionssmoothly and are trying their best to ruin the peace of the country.
Pakistan is going through a difficult period of time and is already facinga number of crises including an unstable economy, water shortage, andrising unemployment. The country’s name has already been added to the greylist of Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Amid all these troubles, we arecentering on the political conflicts. The need of the hour is to focustowards the crisis facing Pakistan.
Although in the last few years, the number of terrorist attacks in Pakistanhas been decreased significantly, there is a need to get rid of theseattacks completely. The people of Pakistan and the administration need towork together to fight the evil forces. The individuals need to keep an eyeon the activities taking place in their surroundings, and they need toreport immediately if they observe any strange behavior around them. If anew person is shifted to a house near your area, it is good to get to knowthat person. The authorities need to restart the campaigns or do whateveris mandatory to wipe out the terrorists from the land. Moreover, theNational Action Plan introduced in 2014 also needs to be revisited.Otherwise, there is a chance that the enemies of the nation will once againstart strengthening their roots inside the country.
We need to act quickly to repair the damaged image of Pakistan in front ofthe world. This is the time to show to the terrorists that we are notafraid of such criminal acts. Despite all these attacks, the people need toget out of their homes on 25th July to cast their votes for their favoriteparties.
By: Mehmaiz Ali