Comments on: Need for broader Lal Masjid probe

By: yahah

yahah — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:55:28 +0000

Bravo!

By: Ikram Khan

Ikram Khan — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:55:27 +0000

A very brave effort to let the truth come out. A force is only met by force. If you live by the gun, then you must be ready to die by the gun. As simple as that.

By: Cyrus Howell

Cyrus Howell — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:06:30 +0000

Very Clear.

By: Cyrus Howell

Cyrus Howell — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:01:28 +0000

Pakistan has a very long wish list.

By: Assad

Assad — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:23:49 +0000

If the Supreme Court for once stops the grandstanding, it would realize that no government can allow a parallel government with stick wielding youth meting out punishments. The government of the day gave the Ghazi brothers and their cohorts plenty of chances to surrender and move on peacefully but they wanted to make a statement by getting into an violent altercation with the government. We should praise the work of the LEAs including the Police, Pakistan Rangers, Army and specifically the men and the officers of the SSG who were thrust into this situation due to the anti-state and government actions of a minority. The very same minority that could have registered its disagreement with what it saw by picketing the places of ill-repute/civil disobedience, yet these people decided to challenge the writ of the government and disturbed the peace of the local residents.

Their callous and selfish actions weakened Pakistan from within and resulted in the deaths of countless law enforcers. The Army went out of its way to save the women and children at the school and in the process lost very many brave men.

Had this problem risen in Saudi Arabia, they would have razed the mosque and the school to the ground by driving tanks on top of these chaps. This is because the Saudis, unlike us, do not allow religious blackmail when it comes to safeguarding their state. Perhaps its time that we, in Pakistan, take a few lessons from the guardians of the Haram shareef on how to handle the fitna mongers and takfiris.

By: Dr. Yahya Khan

Dr. Yahya Khan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:26:14 +0000

Musharraf in his arrogance involved Army everywhere. Let suppose that there were mighty militants inside the complex, a better option would be to stop the water and electricity supply for few days. How much could those people inside the complex resist in the hot summer in the absence of water and electricity.

By: Naseer

Naseer — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:54:11 +0000

Do we need a parallel government like the one in Red Mosque? Should we allow people spreading their own brand of Islam and imposing it on everyone by force? Government gave a lot of time and leeway to these people. Now some part of media is creating a sympathy for them. Do they have any sympathy for others?

It is sad to see the families of terrorists getting compensation, but the families of people getting killed in suicide bombing and target killing are completely neglected.

By: Ahmed Saeed

Ahmed Saeed — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:02:20 +0000

Had the siege been extended, things would have been different. Totally agreed.

By: Ahmed Saeed

Ahmed Saeed — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Lal Masjid has indeed been Musharraf’s “Waterloo”. But it has also changed the profile of Pakistan. So many precious lives lost. It would be more than welcome to investigate the facts and then make the same public.

By: MeesaqZaidi

MeesaqZaidi — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:03:13 +0000

The report says everything. It was a collective decision of rulers in Pervez Musharraf / Shaukat Aziz govt. It is hoped that commission will ask the then Prime Minister to record his observations.
Security forces did a wonderful job, as usual. It was a huge conspiracy. No doubt about it.