Pakistan’s not-so alleged proxies

Mr Qureshi writes: "It is easy to sit in a comfortable drawing room and pontificate about the need for Pakistan to abandon the use of proxies to further its strategic interests....There are two questions that arise here. One, does Pakistan have legitimate interests to protect in the region beyond its borders? And, two, is Pakistan justified in pursuing those interests through proxies, if and when all else fails?"

In answer to the first query, the moment extra territorial arguments are invoked, as he does with "beyond borders"... all the posturing against the "drone attacks" in Fata stick like pie in the face.


The reply to two would be facetious, perfunctory and unnecessary.

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The seemingly malignant cancer of Daur e Jahiliya that is spreading from Fata and Swat is a function of this midwifery by the "agencies".

This is detrimental to the fabric of Pakistan's very existence.

The apologist's veneer is running thin. About time they are exposed and weeded out.