It appears that one of the national newspapers has made a pact with the WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange to import yet another wave of chaos into the country. As if the already increased politico-military temperature was not enough, this additional burden of allegations and accusations will certainly add considerably to the communal discomfort.
Only a few weeks back, Pakistan was made to look like a fool in front of the entire globe just because of the blatant US exhibition of technological and economical superiority during the unilateral raid on Pakistani territory had caught us off guard.
This breach of trust and failure of our under nourished institutions has had great psychological implications from which it would take us decades to come out. In this backdrop, the excitement of the newspaper crew at attaining such quasi-truths through the leaked diplomatic cables seems to be erected on the dreams and optimism of the people.
Talks of a unified alliance between the state and the Pakistani military has taken a back seat as the reset button is pressed. Whatever that former president Musharraf was accused of is now being attributed to the current army chief and confirmed via WikiLeaks. The denial issued by the ISPR may or may not make any difference, but what actually counts is the fact that a huge majority of Pakistanis still have faith in our armed forces.
PROFESSOR KABIL KHAN
Peshawar