Indeed, the terrorists have foxed the well trained army led entire security crop. None of the pledges of the armed forces to have raised arrangements to protect common man has been proved a success.. Men, material, machinery and the modern technology, that the professional armed forces of Pakistan have, are either ineffective or futile. The terrorists are out-maneuvering the strategies laid out by the forces at their sweet--any time any where. Despite, the best that the armed forces can do in Peshawar, had proved either superficial or artificial in the wake of successive bomb blasts. Another bomb exploded on a bus in Peshawar on Saturday that left yet another nine people dead and wounded seven others, exposed the security arrangements. The question is where was the police force that raises check-posts at every nook and corner of the city why can’t they detect the movement of the bombers when the terrorists were doing spade work to carry out the blast. Yet again, the police inability to check the bombers strengthens the general belief that the police force is too good to harass the public not the criminals. An intelligence official in Peshawar says the attack is a likely reaction to a fresh military push in the Tirah valley.

Of course, this is a reactionary bid to off-guard the forces meaning thereby, the security agencies have failed to take pre-emptive measures to match the network of the terrorists, raising fears and apprehensions amongst the masses that the history of the Pakistan’s security agencies, God forbid, may not succumb again against the planning of black-water agents and CIA financed Taliban. So far, earlier the PPP led Government and now the Caretakers rulers are totally hapless and helpless and the security strategy envisaged for protecting the life and property of the common man of the country is non-existent. Like it or not, the success against terrorists is a distant reality. It warrants far more sincere efforts, a concrete planning and a fearless fight against terrorists, extremists and nationalists. Contrary to the need to enhance overall security at the national level, after two attacks on election candidates in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and assassination of a contestant in Hyderabad, Sindh, the elections contestant are now allowed to keep five civilian bodyguards with licensed arms during the polls campaign. Oh, if the five armed civilians will be good enough to protect the rallies. Why are the security agencies including police finding it difficult to raise the security system? Pakistan spends a huge budget for its security that either is going down the drain or it is just meant to save ‘favourite sons’ like Zardaris, Sharifs and many others. It is pertinent to mention here over 750 personnel of law-enforcement agencies are deployed for the security of the Sharif brothers.
The ECP has trimmed the personal security of the leaders though. So far the sleeping giant—the ECP has taken reactive measures, mostly turned out to be eyewash, to ward off the security threats. The proactive fool-proof security arrangements for the common voters are yet to put in place. The Election Commission and the top brass of the armed forces should join their heads together to chalk out consensus on spreading out an impeccable security cover for the entire country rather than concentrating on just sensitive polling stations. Each Pakistani should be given protection not just ‘valued sons’ Zardaris or Sharifs. Human life should be valued alike.

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