Countering Foreign Hostile Propaganda
All parties Conference (APC) called by Prime Minister
(PM) Nawaz Sharif to develop consensus among all political leaders / stakeholders to deal with the scourge of
terrorism and improve internal security in the country came as a bolt from blue
for some of the Foreign powers who earnestly desired that newly elected government
of PM Nawaz Sharif should use military force to eliminate the terrorists.
Hence,
they ostracized the resolution passed by APC with its fundamental premise that thousands
of precious lives of innocent men, women and children, defense and security
personnel have been lost in the war and still Pakistan’s politicians desire to have dialogues with the
terrorists.
They are also objecting to the part of resolution
mentioning about the illegal and immoral drone attacks and blow-back from
actions of NATO/ISAF
in Afghanistan.
There
have also been colossal damages to social and physical infrastructure and huge
consequential financial losses and adverse effects on our economy.
Fortunately,
APC brought the Pakistani political leadership on the same page as it
envisioned to save the the state of Pakistan.
The
aim was to stop the gruesome bloodshed and wrap up violent carnage spread by
terrorists who were funded and sponsored by external forces.
Foreigners
having vested interests in the region have shown the signs of social blindness
and have failed to see things from Pakistani perspective.
Therefore,
they have resorted to cynical criticism of APC resolution in this regard Daily
Telegraph (10th Sep 13) published an article titled “only in
Pakistan Can the Taliban be Described as Stakeholders” by Rob Crilly.
It
contains following propaganda contents:
·
World anxiously
waited to know Mr Nawaz Sharif’s scheme to deal with the menace of terrorism,
maintain security, focus on economy and attract foreign investment in the
country. After four months of waiting Nawaz Sharif’s action on the
most crucial aspects came in shape of APC resolution which was observed in the
west with deep diemay.
·
The article contends
that APC resolution held ISAF/NATO responsible for loss of live including
security personnel, innocent civilians (women and children) by labeling WOT and
drone strikes as illegal.
·
The APC resolution
did not mention Taliban and Al-Qaeda terrorists for causing death and creating
chaos in Pakistan.
·
Alleged that
Haqqani Network is a proxy of ISI and one of the factions responsible for
terrorism in Pakistan.
·
The writer in
cynical manner writes that if any one is going to be singled out it is NATO, If
there are problems in Pakistan it is because of the actions of West.
·
Disliking the fact
that all members of APC have reposed full confidence in efforts of PM and
called upon the federal Govt to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders. The
author pointed with a question mark if they were the stakeholders in Pakistan.
He further commented that “Taliban who are crazy gangsters , kidnappers,
assassins of school girls, suicide bombers, have become stakeholders in
Pakistan. Condemn NATO and Talk to Taliban – The stakeholders”.
The above mentioned aspects of the article
must be countered through own media response and it should be stressed that
Pakistan problems can only be resolved by Pakistani leadership. They also have
the political will and firm resolve to fight the terrorists. They must protect
the interests of Pakistan and shep away all external pressures with courage and
tenacity.
The
unfortunate incident of Swat (Upper Dir) and loss of senior military officers
for which the entire nation expressed its deep condolence with a
firm resolve to bring the perpetrators to justice, is also likely to be
exploited by the foreign propagandists with a view t o score points against the outcome of APC.
Such exploitation must also be countered and the possible involvement of
foreign hand in Upper Dir incident should also be explored with boldness.
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