How do you feel about Bin Laden issue? Asked a friend in the US and my response was: EXTREMELY EMBARRASED. I want to join my American friends in celebration but very little has left for us to celebrate after Bin Laden was found and killed in Pakistan.
We claimed to be innocent, not hosting terrorist, suffered and we mention of fighting, dying for global peace and security. But all those now counts nothing but just a big lie, as the biggest threat to the world peace has been killed on our soil-Abbottabad. The city of Abbottabad hosts our premier military academy (like West Point in the US), country’s renowned and premier educational institutions and is a gateway to beautiful valleys and tourism attractions like Nathiagali, Naran and Northern Areas.
Regarding Bin Laden's killing, numbers of concerns are raised with regard to our capabilities and the consequences which might lies ahead. The foremost question raised in common circles is that how did Bin Laden Manage to live in a military city? A place which remained the only and most liberal and safest place in Khyber Paktunkwa? Secondly what the future will this bring to us? Are there still other safe heavens, which the world will follow and hit in Pakistan?
It’s extremely important and yet to determine that if we did our part with the American. Our role (if any) in this operation might bring strength to the deteriorating PAK-US relation, while otherwise it potentially presents an insecure future for Pakistan.
Common public is clearly expressing their concern over Pakistani establishment inability to track and bring Bin Laden to justice, meaningless silence of our government on the issue and burial of OBL by US in the sea.
General perception is that it’s almost impossible for a person like Bin Laden to hide from Pakistani security agencies, especially in a place like Abottabad. Second is that the operation is a result of the deal arrived between Pak and US government and that through this the Obama administration wants to restore their declining popularity. Third common opinion is that the US knew the hide outs of Bin laden but has now strategically chosen the timing to regain its hold on Pakistani security establishment which recently faced hug loses after the Raymond Davis issue.
Regardless of which of the theory is true or false, Pakistan has entered into another challenging era with loosing trust, cooperation and respect globally. And this is what actually concerns a common citizen like me and those Pakistanis who live outside the country and faces embarrassment every other moment and with every other person they interact.
Nevertheless, this should hopefully leave us more responsible and accountable to ourselves and to the humanity.
