“We shall have to dispense with all violent extremist groups if we want Pakistan to be recognised by the international community as a normal state.”
Source/Credit: Daily Times
By Imtiaz Gul | March 11, 2018
If statements from the PML-N and the GHQ are any indicators, then battle lines are drawn; the way forward for the former is anchored in a head-on confrontation with the judicial-military establishment in the weeks ahead.
For the latter, the path to salvation lies in protecting and preserving the integrity of all state institutions (Parliament, judiciary and military) as much as in upholding the rule of law (read: accountability) on the way to free and fair elections – come what may. And this categorical message came out of the GHQ, delivered by none than General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the chief of the army staff, himself in a rare interaction with a group of media persons.
If Pakistan has to survive and prosper as a normal state, the monopoly over violence shall have to unequivocally rest with the state. Non-state actors (read: jihadists) are neither acceptable any more nor relevant to the ideals of a functional, law-based democratic order, a visibly passionate Bajwa said.
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