THE killing of 42 innocent people in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is a profound tragedy. Additionally, 30 individuals sustained serious injuries in this horrific incident. In response, the government and Pakistan’s defense forces have issued unequivocal directives to eliminate terrorist groups immediately. The recurrence of terrorist incidents across Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highlights significant lapses in the state’s writ and security apparatus. The Kurram attack also sends a troubling signal to potential foreign investors, potentially leading to severe consequences for the region’s stability and economic prospects. We also have to provide foolproof security to the citizens of Pakistan as well as the foreign investors also. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has become the economic lifeline of Pakistan. Thousands of Chinese engineers, technicians and workers are working in Pakistan on CPEC-related projects. Their security should be made fool proof across the country. It is the prime responsibility of the government of Pakistan to provide fool-proof security to all the Chinese working across the country so that they can fulfil their responsibilities on CPEC projects spread in different economic zones across the country without any fear.
Enough is enough. Now the time has come to eradicate terrorists mercilessly from Pakistan with an iron hand. Terrorists are the open enemies of Pakistan’s economic development. Various projects spread across the country are the guarantors of Pakistan’s economic stability. Thanks to these projects, Pakistan is progressing. But elements hostile to the development and prosperity of Pakistan do not want the completion and production of these mega projects in Pakistan so that the country cannot move forward briskly. We will have to crush the element of the country’s development without wasting any more time so that they cannot stand in the way of our development and economic stability. The state of Pakistan has taken a very important and pivotal decision by issuing orders to make the security foolproof of Chinese experts and workers working on various projects across the country. Pakistan is already decades behind the rest of the world in terms of development. Now, when the time has come to reap the crop of CPEC, terrorists have enhanced attacks in multiple directions of the country. We will have to secure our development and prosperity by providing foolproof security to Chinese experts and workers. We will have to further develop our long-standing relationship with China by making the CPEC mega projects successful, ensuring the security of the Chinese working in Pakistan. The friendship between Pakistan and China is unbreakable, Even today, efforts are being made by enemies to create a big gulf between Pakistan and China bound in diplomatic, political, economic and cultural relations. But the state of Pakistan should take more important decisions to destroy these country-jolting intentions of the enemies forever. Ending terrorism and ensuring the security of Chinese citizens in Pakistan will lead to the promotion of investment from other countries. The government needs to prepare new plans to make the security of the Chinese residents more effective, including providing them with bullet-proof vehicles. For more than thirty years, China has sought to manage its domestic terrorism problem in its Xinjiang province through a strategy that rests on enhanced regional economic growth, stronger internal security capabilities and deepened controls over ethnic and religious activities. For decades, China faced terrorism but has successfully overcome. the monster. Xinjiang province of China has been worst-hit by the terrorists. Presently, Pakistan is the only terrorism-hit atomic power. Pakistan has been facing terrorism for the last more than three decades but still completely unsuccessful to crush terrorists. Pakistan needs to keep in mind China’s evolving perception of terrorist threats, strategy and policies for combating terrorism, the institutional infrastructure that executes their counter terrorism policies, their evolving approach to international cooperation in counterterrorism and challenges of countering terrorism.
Pakistan needs to adopt a multi-pronged strategy to counter terrorism. Quite some time back, we strangely initiated a dialogue process to give terrorists a chance to lay down their arms and let their misled followers de-radicalize and return to the national mainstream. It remained counter-productive Terrorists are terrorists. Once they make their minds and hold weapons for terrorism they hardly change their agenda. Terrorists in Xinjiang province of China never changed their minds for peace. They are successfully crushed by the government of China with an iron hand. The government of Pakistan will have to crush terrorists’ networks and will have to address issues in deprived regions of the country. The Constitution of Pakistan guarantees fundamental rights such as food, education, health, employment and many others to its citizens. It is the government’s responsibility to uphold these rights while eradicating terrorism. Drawing inspiration from China’s success in controlling terrorism, Pakistan must act decisively to eliminate this menace and ensure the prosperity and security of its people. -The writer is author of several books based in Islamabad.
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