FIKRI Zarb-e-Azb( فکری ضرب عذب )

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Pakistan has been seriously affected by terrorism. The start of military operations in North Waziristan in June 2014 was a watershed that gave hope that we were beginning to seriously grapple with the menace of terrorism; Operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ has achieved excellent results. The second watershed in counter-terrorism was the adoption of the National Action Plan, which displayed the clear resolve of the political Leadership and the security forces, after the devastating terrorist attack by the TTP on the Army Public School in Peshawar in December 2014. After the implementation of NAP and Military operation terrorists were committing cowardly acts after suffering defeat. This is time for unity and the nation had to rise above differences to combat terrorism.

Besides fighting militancy, we need to discourage culture of intolerance and extremism. To completely root out terrorism we will need to add other arrows to our quiver besides kinetic punch. Fikri Zarb-e-Azb is essential to defeat extremist thinking. This is necessary in order to defeat the terrorists in their ideological capacity to mobilise support, recruit and then indoctrinate young malleable minds to put on suicide belts. In this regard media, intellectual, analysts and civil society should contribute to confronting the extremist mindset. The way out of the current impasse is to promote culture of tolerance and moderation. Counter-narratives are created to fight the war of ideas with the aim being to win hearts and minds of the population.

The terrorism can best be tackled by undertaking some critical measures that may include: addressing the root causes and sources of terrorism.; highlighting the importance of civil society and public support for counter-terrorism.; critical role of media in fighting terrorists’ ideology; creating Sectarian and ethnic harmony by involving religious scholars and community leaders;. stressing the importance of reforming education system including registration and regulation of Madrasa.; highlighting that terrorism is being used as policy tool by various powers to damage the image of Islam and to create instability in Pakistan; and creating awareness among the masses about the funding of terrorism and that people should be careful while giving donations to charities linked with terrorist organizations. Counter-terrorism is not effective without corresponding counter-radicalisation efforts.  People need to fix their intellectual base in order to deal with the extremist tendency that recently targeted Information Minister and Junaid Jamshaid. In the present era Muslims have forgotten the rules of religion but the world has adopted them. We need to promote Islamic Culture of peace and harmony in the society in which people of all religions, faiths and races were equal citizen of the Islamic state.  As said by Founder of Pakistan on his 11 August 1947 address. “Now I think we should keep that in front of us as our ideal and you will find that in course of time Hindus would cease to be Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the State.” He also said, “You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed that has nothing to do with the business of the State”.