When Boston Marathon was subjected to an act of terrorism, the city, state and federal government of USA acted in unison, in order to track two terrorists identified by CCTV surveillance cameras. Compare this with half-hearted measures, mostly confined to condemnation by political parties and constitutional public office holders, whenever an act of terrorism takes place in different parts of Pakistan. In Karachi for more than two decades, street crime, extortion and kidnapping for ransom, coupled with threats of target killing has created an environment where crime flourishes with huge financial benefits.
If terrorism is to be controlled and finally eliminated from Pakistan, it can only be done by an across the board ruthless action against all criminals, irrespective of their political affiliation, otherwise this nemesis threatens our country from within and destroy state infrastructure and collective national security interests of Pakistan.
MALIK TARIQ ALI
Lahore
