The latest ‘Memogate’ controversy has surely made ambassador Hussain Haqqani quite popular as prior to this episode not many Pakistani were aware of his identity as such a significant personality.
With a majority of people claiming that they had heard about him and that he was someone as dangerous as OBL – a public opinion poll aired on a national TV channel – displays the fact quite perfectly.
Since the Americans were hell bent upon Pakistan for eliminating the Haqqani Network’s presence in Pakistan, it is surely the only reason why the poor public has linked only terrorism and deception with the name. Can anyone blame them?
Surely not. Pakistan, it seems has taken the task provided by the US to heart and has opened up an honest operation against Haqqani. Well, does it matter which Haqqani network it is as long as it threatens the nation and compromises the state’s sovereignty?
One thing is sure in this backdrop that an operation launched against the Haqqani Network would become a full fledged war for Pakistan. How correct our political and security analysts had been?
This is just the first part of the battle, the real show is yet to follow. Let’s hope the nation emerges out of it triumphantly.
PROFESSOR KABIL KHAN
Peshawar