THE terrorist attack on a school bus at Khuzdar claiming lives of 5 children and serious injuries to scores of them is an act of ultimate bestiality and no words will be enough to condemn it.
This is the second time that innocent school children have been targeted.
The first attack was carried out at APS Peshawar on 16 December 2014 by TTP operatives who were in constant touch with their handlers in Afghanistan throughout the operation during which 150 people were killed including 134 students.
It was a moment of national mourning.
The BLA which has carried out the Khuzdar attack seems to have taken a leaf out of the TTP book with whom they are collaborating under supervision of Indian RAW.
The former is active in KPK while the latter is fulfilling the wish of its Indian masters in Balochistan.
Killing innocent children is a crime against humanity and that is why it has been strongly condemned throughout the country as well as by the international community.
Though in the backdrop of the memorable defeat inflicted on India a surge in terrorist acts by her proxies was very much expected but no body expected this kind of heinous act that has crossed all limits of callousness.
Corps Commanders conference held on 22nd May was right on money to observe that following its military failure in the wake of Pahalgam incident India a so-called and self-claimed victim of terrorism but actually a perpetrator of terrorism and epicentre of regional instability has up-scaled the use of covert means, employing non-state actors to pursue its destabilization agenda.
The commanders also expressed unflinching resolve to pursue all proxies and facilitators of terrorism in close synergy with intelligence and law enforcing agencies declaring “The hostile elements trained and financed to incite chaos and fear will be dismantled and decimated will full force of national will and institutional strength.
The conference also undertook strategic review of the regional environment including the security posture along LOC, the working boundary and the Eastern border in the light of the recent Indo-Pak military confrontation.
Deep concern was also shown over persistent human rights abuses in Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir saying such actions contributed to organic backlash and perpetuated cycles of violence.
It was also felt that there was an urgent need for international attention and intervention to prevent further deterioration of peace and security in South Asia.
The conference once again reiterated full diplomatic, Political, moral and humanitarian support for Kashmiri brothers and sisters in their fight for their right of self-determination.
Indian involvement in terrorist acts in Pakistan through its proxies and agents is a proven fact and irrefutable evidence in this regard is available with our intelligence agencies unlike the hollow and unrealistic Indian narrative against Pakistan.
India orchestrated Pulwama false-flag operation and blamed it on Pakistan without ever providing any credible evidence.
It again adopted the same strategy at Pahalgam and within minuets of the incident the Indian government and media started pointing an accusing finger towards Pakistan and an FIR of the incident was also registered at a police station 6 kilometres from the site of the attack within ten minuets which is logistically impossible.
Pakistan condemned the incident and offered cooperation for an independent international inquiry to determine the ground realities, but India ignored these gestures and instead stirred war hysteria, repeating its Pulwama strategy.
However, the well-calculated and massive response by Pakistan’s armed forces forced India to seek a ceasefire, effectively decimating its strategy of new normal and limited war objectives.
Pakistan not only secured military success but also triumphed diplomatically, as the international community largely rejected India’s narrative and criticized its aggression.
The US President, who later played a key role in negotiating the ceasefire, termed it a shameful attack on Pakistan, echoed by similar remarks from the UN Secretary General.
With the ceasefire in place, it is the right time for Pakistan to capitalize on diplomatic support and launch a strong offensive to expose India’s true face to the global community.
Ambassadors abroad should be directed to present credible evidence of Indian-sponsored terrorism in Pakistan through official demarches.
Simultaneously, Pakistan must approach the UNSC to advocate for the formation of an international Anti-Terrorism Commission to investigate terrorist incidents within Pakistan and those exploited by India as a pretext for aggression.
It is imperative to counter Modi’s narrative and expose the false claims of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in India and IIOJK.
This strategic move is essential to shift the global discourse and hold India accountable for its covert operations and destabilization agenda.
The lives lost at Khuzdar especially of the innocent children must not be allowed to become yet another statistic.
The world must be made to understand that contrary to the Indian rhetoric regarding Pakistan sponsoring terrorism it was India itself which was using state-terrorism as a tool of its foreign policy.
The world is already aware of Indian involvement in the killing of Sikh separatist leader in Canada and similar abortive attempt in USA.
A report in Washington Post in the recent past also revealed that India had also killed 20 Pakistani nationals on Pakistani soil through her agents.
That should be enough additional evidence to expose Indian state-terrorism.
India should not be let off the hook this time.
The UNSC must also be moved to initiate action on the implementation of UN resolutions on the Kashmir issue.
—The writer is contributing columnist, based in Islamabad. ([email protected])
