By and large the media is embarrassed and they seem to feel something is terribly wrong with their Government and they seem to be helpless as to what to do about it.
Intelligence Agencies and Army are quiet.
Barring a few die-hard papers media seems to be balanced in reporting Osama Killing.
PakistanGeoNews: Since one week, said Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, and graduated students in the city of Abbott that “the return of terrorism” in Pakistan has been broken, thanks to the sacrifices of the soldiers of Pakistan.-Geo News.
Sombre reflection.
As for Pakistan, the time for denial is over. Osama bin Laden was not holed up in a cave in the tribal agencies. He was living in a large house surrounded by high walls topped with barbed wire in a garrison town housing a military academy. The idea that the world`s most wanted criminal was spending his days there unnoticed by Pakistani intelligence requires either suspension of disbelief or the conclusion that the authorities are guilty of a massive intelligence failure. Both hypotheses are disturbing. If the former is true, the state must realise that extremist ideology has killed thousands of Pakistanis and that there needs to be a single-minded effort against it rather than a selective approach that has failed to keep the country safe. And if the oversight was a matter of incompetence, the authorities need to improve their game drastically.-Dawn.
In the years immediately following 9/11, Pakistani intelligence and police worked closely with the CIA to take out a number of Al Qaeda leaders, almost all of whom were found in cities rather than the tribal areas. This is something we clearly know how to do but no longer seem interested in, with the result that the US no longer trusts us enough to plan an operation jointly, even in such high-stakes circumstances, on Pakistani territory. As positive a development as Osama bin Laden`s removal is, for the Pakistani state it should be a moment for deep and honest reflection.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/03/osama-bin-laden.html
Honest Perception.
Pakistan has found itself in quite the embarrassing situation. Osama bin Laden was found in a military town just a mile or so away from the Kakul Military Academy. How he was able to hide there without any action on our part is going to be a hard sell to the Americans. So far, we have been milking the same excuse: joint intelligence and a willingness on our part in counter-terror operations led to this victory. Scratching beneath the surface may reveal other truths entirely. Whilst we have been allies of the US, we have been very trying partners, picking and choosing the militants we wanted to root out and the ones we wanted to protect. No doubt, in the coming days, Pakistan’s exact role in the war on terror and Osama’s death will become clearer. It is hoped we will not be on the receiving end of a negative fallout with the Americans, who are in this war for the long haul.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=201153\story_3-5-2011_pg3_1
Refusing the Reality!
Interestingly, considering the details being given out of the hideout, there is little doubt that it does not suit a person with a head money as high as $50 million. A large custom-built $1 million mansion, with a surrounding wall tall enough to hide the ground floor and reinforced with barbed wire, and two heavily-guarded security gates would easily attract suspicion from not only intelligence agencies but also the ordinary folks. Besides, it was housing, so the US story goes, Osama bin Laden, his three wives, seven sons and several guards. Al-Qaeda leader was killed along with one of his sons and three guards, and the rest were arrested. Unquestionably, to the Americans all were identifiable objects or did they never step out of their home? But that would set tongues wagging, confirm the suspicion of mystery around the place and prompt serious investigation. Then the released picture of dead Osama does not show the age he must be in at this time!-Nation.
Related:
ISLAMABAD: There were no protests and no extra security in Pakistan on Tuesday, a day after the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces, just a sense of embarrassment and indifference that the al Qaeda leader had managed to lie low for years in a Pakistan garrison town.
Army and spy agency silent
There were some very small demonstrations by hardline groups after the killing of bin Laden, but it was business as usual in the capital on Tuesday, with no signs of increased security.
In Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi, however, a protest was expected later against “increasing US involvement” in Pakistan.
Still, many ordinary Pakistanis said bin Laden’s killing was of no consequence to them. “It doesn’t make any difference to my life whether he is killed or not,” said Zain Khan, a labourer in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
While Islamabad’s alliance with Washington is unpopular, especially following a campaign of US drone strikes on militant targets in the border areas, many people are also tired of the suicide bombings that have racked the country for years.
“He (bin Laden) did not have much popularity today because people have been killed in violence linked to al Qaeda,” commentator Ejaz Haider said.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/03/quiet-embarrassment-in-pakistan-after-killing-of-bin-laden.html
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