IMPLICATIONS OF TERRORISM

The last thing that Pakistan wanted was the permanent label of a terror state. This does little to revamp its already tarnished reputation in the world community. In the West, the name of our country commensurate with a place plagued by death, destruction and marked by a torrent of suicide killings and bomb attacks. As time marches on and the attacks rise in number and intensity, the potency of this impression will only get stronger. Countless soldiers risk their lives in the Fata region, an area that has never known law and order. The amount of damage that such a situation does is beyond the scope of calculation. If you have any misgivings of this argument, then try to quantify the grief of a mother who has lost her son to a suicide attack or that of a brother who is staring at the dead body of his beloved brother. Excluding the physical suffering, such events render the economy a severe blow. This takes the form of reduced foreign investment and a fall in the stock exchange index. At this point in time, it is also noteworthy to mention the psychological effects on the people who have already been deprived of food, jobs and security. Sometimes, I credit the nation for remaining strong in the face of such appalling problems. If our rulers had shown some compassion to the million of denizens who are trapped in the grip of poverty, the situation would not have been such a hopeless one. But, why should these sybarites part ways with their opulent lifestyle, especially one that is exclusively financed by public money. Their concept of a ruler is deeply flawed which explains why they seek to emulate those despots who have set their names apart in world history, on account of a ingrained belief in nepotism, debauchery, and the unwarranted notion that public money was part of a heritage their father left them at birth Among other things, this reflects why it is imperative for the masses to rise and take hold of their own destiny, because no one from the elite will care to voice concern for their civil rights.