Given that present day Pakistan is pretty much a security state with a weak civil society where the army's influence is pervasive, do you honestly believe that outfits such as the LeT and JeM can operate, raise funds in 'settled' parts of Pakistan under the noses of the establishment without the active connivance and complicity of certain sections of it?
I am not saying that the whole of PA is involved in promoting terror but there certainly seems to be issues with the command structure within PA and ISI with certain parts of it, possibly radicalised during the Zia era, acting out of turn in aiding and abetting terrorist outfits which were hitherto targetting India but have more recently started undermining the Pakistani state itself..
Regardless of the level of organistational involvement, it is important to recognise that there is an issue rather than attribute it to unsubstantiated 'perception' created by India or certain sections of the Western media..I realise it is going to be a slow process but I hope the Pakistani public and establishment will gradually progress through the stages of change to eventually accepting some responsibility for what is happening in their country.
In the meantime, I am convinced RAW-MOSSAD-CIA would be blamed even if President Zardari turned up in a suicide vest and blew himself up![]()
That's not really a good argument because by the same token, parts of ISI and army must be supporting TTP and BLA.
As for the bolded part, unless there's any evidence, I don't see any need for any 'recognization' to be done. This is the hypocrisy I talk about.
Indians: Pakistanis must recognize that there is a problem with the army and ISI supporting terrorists, even though we have no evidence for it.
On the other hand,
Indians: Pakistanis must recognize that the terrorists are not supported by India because there's no evidence for it.
I wonder when the hypocrisy and double standard will be noticed? I mean, it's like me saying that Indians must recognize that there is a problem with RSS, Shiv Sena, BJP, etc supporting hindu terrorists and RAW supporting terrorists in Pakistan, even though I have no evidence for it. How 'ludicrous' does that sound to you?
. More a more serious note, keeping track of such transactions is extremely difficult and no intelligence agency in the world (even RAW lol) has the means to do it. I remember reading a World Bank report on the growth of overseas remittances to Pakistan (sad, I know lol) which found that much of it flowed through informal 'hundi' or 'havala' routes and therefore difficult to track. IIRC, the growth in recorded remittances was truly exponential from under $ 1 billion in early 2000 to around $ 10 billion in 2008 and cannot be explained just by an absolute increase in the number of Pakistani expats during the period. If you care to google it, you will find reports citing the huge increase in 'hot money' from the middle east that drove the stock market boom in Pakistan during the mid 2000s, which coincided with the huge spurt in oil prices. Most of that money may have been repatriated following the economic downturn but its entirely conceivable that some of it found its way into the kitty of the TTP and other outfits.