Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said Wednesday that Talibanization was a mindset and defeating or changing this mindset was imperative to make the world cradle of peace.
He said this while speaking as chief guest at 15th National Research Conference at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology. Kaira said that Pakistan was wrongly being blamed at international level on the issue of extremism and terrorism as the country was itself a victim of terrorism. He said it was a fact that some super powers had created extremist elements which were used as a tool in a war against Russia. However, with the passage of time these extremists became a monster which started destroying the body fabric of the country.
Kaira said that after the elimination of terrorists from the soil of Pakistan, the entire world would feel relieved as such elements were a big threat to the entire world’s peace. Kaira said that through modern means of communication, spread of knowledge had become very fast which in some cases created challenges for the state institutions. He pointed out that the present advancement and progress in Europe was the outcome of their research in physical and social sciences.
The federal information minister said that Taliban-like mindset was rampant in Europe in past few centuries when they did not tolerate difference of opinion and annihilated those who dared to disagree. He regretted that in the past Pakistani society was an open one where dialogue was strong, “but now we have reached a stage where arms have taken replaced words and, in extreme cases, those who dare to disagree are silenced forever.”
