Source: ET
The September 22 deadly twin suicide bombings at a church in Peshawar left no ambiguity about it – the nature of these strikes manifests a campaign targeting innocent Pakistani citizens, irrespective of faith, caste or creed, as well as the entire security apparatus.
The masterminds of attacks on mosques, temples, churches, and even military men and security installations have no religion. Neither are they driven by a real political ideology nor do they possess an iota of interest in what the All Parties’ Conference (APC) had expected of them i.e. peace.
Therefore, it was of no surprise that a despondent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif almost ruled out talks when he told the media in London that “the behaviour and actions of the militants did not augur well for any kind of peace talks as the government’s efforts for a dialogue with the Taliban were now deemed not to be moving forward.”