Karachi’s target-killings
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Daily Times, Pakistan, Thursday, July 16, 2009
The interior minister, Mr Rehman Malik, has decided to stay on in Karachi till the city’s target-killings come to an end. This may be an unrealistic undertaking because the killings may not stop as quickly as he thinks they should, and he may be required to be in Islamabad to face up to other crises of national security. But he is doubtless trying hard to overcome the problems of a country that has consistently been allowed to go in the wrong direction as far as state security is concerned. To put it briefly, its rulers, civil and military, have sought security from external threats at the cost of internal order.
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The interior minister, Mr Rehman Malik, has decided to stay on in Karachi till the city’s target-killings come to an end. This may be an unrealistic undertaking because the killings may not stop as quickly as he thinks they should, and he may be required to be in Islamabad to face up to other crises of national security. But he is doubtless trying hard to overcome the problems of a country that has consistently been allowed to go in the wrong direction as far as state security is concerned. To put it briefly, its rulers, civil and military, have sought security from external threats at the cost of internal order.
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