tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899636627771578704.post272747899845450735..comments2024-03-28T10:05:58.259+00:00Comments on Let us build Pakistan (LUBP): Implications of the Swat deal —Najmuddin A ShaikhSarah Khanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07297839281052629734noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899636627771578704.post-64773419539968676952009-02-20T17:34:00.000+00:002009-02-20T17:34:00.000+00:00I agree with Abdul. my guess is that negotiating w...I agree with Abdul. my guess is that negotiating with an ethnic insurgency works if there is reasonable evidence that its concerns really are local. In the case of Taliban, the leaders have clearly said that they are interested in spreading Shariah not only in the whole of Pakistan but the whole world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899636627771578704.post-46632881918458772552009-02-20T14:58:00.000+00:002009-02-20T14:58:00.000+00:00Hi Khatmal : ), I agree that every ethnicity has i...Hi Khatmal : ), I agree that every ethnicity has its insurgency moments. However, the phenomenon we are witnessing in Swat and FATA might be an illusion of an ethnic insurgency. The actors operating there are 'multicultural'; with a supranational agenda. What do you reckon?Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293165184562975165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899636627771578704.post-51426481516160579882009-02-20T09:20:00.000+00:002009-02-20T09:20:00.000+00:00here's a thought though. pakistan's history shows ...here's a thought though. pakistan's history shows that every ethnicity has had its insurgency moments. but each one has seen its conclusion with the establishment co-opting the leadership, offering them a slice of the pie, and thus effectively killing off the insurgency as a political and military movement.<BR/><BR/>can we see the sharia imposition as the first step along that line? certainly sufi mohammad appears egoistical enough, and once he starts getting the moolah perhaps other leaders would also face dissent within their ranks to join in.karachikhatmalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230156724789704199noreply@blogger.com