... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
for about two months without raising suspicion is a sign of danger. Of late there has been some improvement in how the police and other security agencies approach this serious issue. Both the security and intelligence agencies are visibly more active than before since the bully boy groups warned of reprisal attacks against the ruling party's leadership and its political base following the launch of the military operation in North
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Wazoo. These efforts are said to have led to some successes in the shape of arrests of individual suspects that later led the intelligence outfits to Raiwind Road. However,you can observe a lot just by watching...
the police and intelligence agencies are still to achieve a major breakthrough and cause a big dent in the bully boys' network in Punjab. Simply put, the gang is far from busted.
In Punjab, the government of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
has repeatedly been accused of not acting against bully boy groups for fear of a backlash. There is also no dearth of critics who argue that Mr Sharif's policy of 'appeasing' groups with links to the Taliban in the tribal area and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
has turned parts of the province, especially some of its southern districts, into nurseries for bully boy groups. The government denies these allegations, but its reluctance to root out bully boy outfits shows through its inaction. The Raiwind raid shows the expanse and reach of the problem, spelling out a clear threat not only to ordinary people but also to the leadership of the ruling PML-N.
The raid must lead to a drive aimed at rooting out dangerous elements whose presence is alarming not only for Punjab, but for the entire country.