Our Massacre Correspondent — Incidents like the Ismaili massacre in Karachi are just what we need if the National Action Plan (NAP) is to become operational, according to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs).
“Didn’t you see how quickly things moved all of a sudden?” a senior intelligence officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, asked Khabaristan Today.
“Before you could digest the hit the army chief ordered a ‘wider, swifter’ Karachi operation, and the prime minister promised to ‘stamp out terror’ once again.”
A similar flurry was witnessed immediately after the Peshawar massacre in December, but the momentum was quickly lost and NAP never got off the ground.
“It’s a gradual process but its effective”, another officer said. “Now the finance ministry will not be able to stall payments to the interior ministry for NAP”.
Such moves also carry political connotations, according to analysts. TTP’s or Da’ish’s or RAW’s cold blooded murder of 45 Ismailis will also swing the political pendulum in N’s kitchen cabinet. And Dar sb will no longer be able to frustrate Ch Nisar by controlling the faucet.
“So basically all we need is a few more such massacres and not only NAP will finally take off and take off good, but we might even get provinces to share data. Now how’s that?” added the first officer, before his partner closed the argument.
“Look, Peshawar led to two high profile meetings in 24 hours. Karachi led to three. Now do you understand?”
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Railways toilets prove Nisar’s credibility, says PM
Our Railways Correspondent — Showering praise on embattled Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif patted him on the back and said he was the best minister of the cabinet, shortly after inaugurating the Greenline Karachi-Islamabad train the other day.
The new train’s toilets seemed to impress the prime minister the most.
“Did you check those out?” he said, adding that “these are far better than the ones in PIA jets”.
The praise could not have come at a better time for Kh Saad. He’s had to lose face since the election tribunal disqualification, knowing that the Supreme Court stay will give him only temporary relief. And his performance at the ministry was also beginning to come into question.
“Now, the toilets have proved his competence”, said an N-league leader close to the inner circle. “It means Railways is on the mend under his watch”.
The better-than-PIA toilets are expected to play a crucial role in facilitating passengers over the long 23-hour journey, which will have stops at Pindi, Lahore, Khanewal, and a couple of other places.
“I couldn’t believe it when they told me I could have Wi-Fi in there”, added the PM about the toilets.
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RAW accepts Pakistan’s accusations ‘with gratitude’
Our RAW Correspondent — In a rare statement – though one which is still disputed – India’s premier intelligence agency RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) has accepted Pakistan’s accusations “with gratitude”.
“For the record, we must note that the ISI always manages to be the one on record for its activities. RAW, despite its professional approach and novel achievements, never finds any appreciation, at home or abroad”, read a part of the statement.
Interestingly, despite Indian popular media’s usual venom for Pakistan, especially its intelligence agency, there were some moments of hinted respect by ISI’s opposite number and number one foe.
“In the clandestine world of deceit and espionage, it is considered impossible to establish a trademark without leaving a fingerprint. Yet the ISI has perfected this model; reshaping the regional proxy makeup, strategic doctrines, ethnic/sectarian fault lines, etc, while always retaining plausible deniability”, it said. “And to be honoured in this way by the Pakistani establishment – for fomenting trouble across their country – is a crowning achievement, which we accept with gratitude”.
Even though just like the Karachi hit, the statement did not exactly have a RAW signature. But Pakistani security analysts are pretty convinced it came from New Delhi.
“RAW did it”, they told Khabaristan Times.
