Three cheers for the radicalized Muslims in Pakistan.  Their perseverance has paid off and compelled the civilian government in Islamabad to bow in front of non-state brain washed group of militants.  This may be a good news for bunch of non-state actors, but the literate class of people in Pakistan should mourn on this issue.  This decision is not a good news for the minority groups in Pakistan either.  Their safety issue has become more important than before.  What this whole circus showed is that militants with the help of nexus of Pakistani military and ISI have been gaining grounds day by day and the time is not too far when Pakistan will adopt Sharia Law replacing the Pakistani constitution.  This writer feels that slowly and slowly Pakistan is digging its own hole to be buried.

When Mr. Jinnah opted for a separate nation called Pakistan, he had a vision to have a Muslim nation which will have a secular view which means all inhabitants irrespective of their religion will be treated equally, fairly and respectfully.  Unfortunately, with the passage of time, that vision has disappeared from Pakistan and fanaticism has replaced that good virtue of administration.  A bunch of Non state brain washed actors have taken over the country.  Unfortunately, the nexus of Pakistani military/ISI is aiding, abetting and organizing the activities of these non state actors and use them as proxies to fulfill their own objective.  The recent cases of blasphemy is just an excuse to get rid of minorities in Pakistan.  Every day, there are demonstrations on this issue, and as this article states, now the non state actors are openly demanding the implementation of Sharia Law in Pakistan.  This writer wonders if Pakistan is going to be like a country operating on the religious philosophy of what is being practiced in Saudi Arabia.  Certainly, the current wave of symptoms is pretty clear and leads one to draw that conclusion.  If that is the case, I wonder what the literate elite of Pakistan is thinking?  Is the present government in Islamabad capable of saving the country before it turns itself into a stone age?  Is the nexus of Pakistani military/ISI going to eradicate terrorism from their own territory and tie a leash around the neck of all non-state actors?  Because if neither the civilian government nor the above nexus is ready to contain these non-state actors, the day of doom for Pakistan is not too far.

As we know, Mr. Obama and Mr. Kerry are in favor of selling F-16s to Pakistan.  Mr. Kerry even stated categorically that it is critical for Pakistan to have F-16s to fight terrorism in that part of the world.  He also stated that he is concerned that ISI which is Pakistani military and secret service outfit collaborating with the terrorists.  Is he not   contradicting himself?  Secondly, Mr. Kerry ought to know that Pakistan does not need F-16s type technologically advanced fighter planes to fight with the terrorists who are equipped with rudimentary equipment - which are no match to F-16s.  So, the whole story of supplying F-16s to Pakistan seems a concocted one and has no solid footings.  In my opinion, what these out of the way gestures going to do is to tilt India more towards Russia for its needs of military equipment and the USA will lose a rich and prosperous client

These days lot of anti-India voices are being raised about Kashmir via the mouthpiece of professors and other personnel at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.  It smells like they have the support of a nation across the border which must be suppressed.  These statements are putting fuel on fire and creating an atmosphere of hate and civil commotion in Kashmir.  I am not an expert of an Indian
Constitution, but it certainly sounds like exciting people against an established government in India and may be treated as a sedition.  Government has to tackle this situation with a full resolve to suppress this type of mentality among the literate class.  I believe nipping the evil in the bud.  Yes, arresting a few brain washed students and professors will ignite this flame may be nationally, but it is worth to handle it with a heavy hand instead of gambling with this ideology of anti-nationalism.