The Pakistani security forces are doing a good job in fighting terrorism and extremism, but this fight has proved very long and tedious where the security forces have suffered great losses. The highly motivated soldiers lay their lives for the sake of the nation and its people. The status of performing the ‘toughest job’ of the post 9/11 decade can be allotted to the security forces. They have been quite literally, ‘in the line of fire’ for far too long.
The unabated targeting and killing of the police, rangers and armed force by the terrorists has raised the death toll to a considerable degree. Evidently, the terrorists view those forces that pose a resistance to their existence as a great threat that must be removed. We must acknowledge the efforts of our soldiers and policemen who despite knowing what they put their lives up to while being on duty still do it every day.
It is amazing that achievement awards are being bestowed upon many people who aren’t even deserving of the credit they receive. Merit has never been our criteria for anything in this part of the globe. High achievers are ignored while high deceivers are lauded and appreciated.
We must change our preferences and try to exalt the common man. Awards ought to adorn the uniforms of the brave soldiers and policemen instead of their big bosses who do not have the capacity to grow any bigger. Our hero is the soldier who fights with the terrorists head on, it is the security guard who grabs the terrorists clad in a burqa entering the girls cafeteria of the International Islamic University, it is the guard of a private bank who saves the bank and the people in it while he performs his duty, it is the all the soldiers who stand guard either at Salala, Siachen, along the Indian or the Afghan border. They are the ones that need to be backed, supported and lauded for their bravery.
PROFESSOR KABIL KHAN
Peshawar
