Comments on: Bannu jailbreak: Who’s to blame?

By: Zeeshan

Zeeshan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for a logical and analytical post Iqbal.

By: syed baqar ahsan

syed baqar ahsan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

As per constitution the civil police is the strongest institution which can ensure complete law and order provided it is reverted to Thana and with no political interference allowed.SHO should only be made answerable to non political counsel of notables of that area.It is all by design this institution has been spoiled.Its ultimate revelation to thana is the answer, rest all measures is eye wash can not bring peace of any kind.

By: Cyrus Howell

Cyrus Howell — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

43% of Pakistanis at Dawn blame the intelligence services.
The security agencies have been widely blamed.
It seems the the Defense Ministry has lost the control of their own people.
Police are often willing to look the other way if the money is good.

By: Yusaf Khan

Yusaf Khan — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@Pakistani…did you see the the memo that the intelligence agencies sent on the 5 Jan? Obviously NO!
Whenever there is a huge intelligence failure the intelligence agencies using their moles in the media publish a story that the intelligence agencies had warned about this attack. The same thing happened in the marriot blast, the srilanka cricket attack, mehran airbase attack etc. We all know this is not true.
The fact of the matter is that the State and our military are too scared to take on these terrorists. Hence they turn the other cheek. You wait and see, these kidnappings, bank robberies etc will only increase because this is the main source of financing for these terrorists. We are all doomed!!!!

By: Nadeem S

Nadeem S — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Pakistani police are masoom, no one is afraid of them, they are untrained, unfit, undisciplined, totally useless police force, except for gathering bribes for senior officers, they are good for nothing, no one is even afraid of them.

By: Ishfaq Muhammad Din

Ishfaq Muhammad Din — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Local public is to be blamed as terrorists themselves say the they got help from them and also the security personals.
The common public still do not understand that taliban are terrorists.

By: Ishrat salim

Ishrat salim — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Having read all the comments abv…it is disheartning to see inadquacy in information :

1) Security agencies e,g CIA,CID, SIU & FIA & IB are under civilian govt ( Central / Provincial ).
2) Intelligence agencies e.g ISI,MI, NI are under the ministry of defence
so, let us not blame the intel agencies but the provincial govt & security agencies at provincial level…intel agencies had informed in Feb 2012 regarding attacks on jail…Minister of Info KP has stated it categorically on media & same was repeated on last Thrsdays in GEO…& the provincial govt has accepted its failure…
3) it is not the fault of judiciary to indict any criminal / terrorists without evidence & witnesses….there is no proper investigation & forensic wings anywhere in our police dept to investigate on modern lines, nor laws are amended ( it is amended by the parliament on submission of bill moved by majority members & not the judiciary ) & such weakens the prosecutors stand in the court. So in short ,it is the provincial govt & securities agencies & the members of parliament – who are representatives of the people…must be responsible for this.There was no adequate police force to stand the attack…out of 93 officers ( this is also less by any standard as most of them are on VVIP duty ) supposed to be on duty only 18 were present….police stations around the jail within a radius of 1 km took 1 hour to reach Bannu jail…why ?
Hence, cannot blame on anybody but the provincial govt…anywhere….all hv shown continued lack of responsibilty for human lives….whether it is Karachi/ lahore / Baluchistan or KP….they lack political will & maturity to do something meaningful for the poor…let us see…which class of people hv died & sufferred mostly in the mentioned provinces / places ? only the poor or low class or lower middle class..which exposes the attitude of the govt & politicians & we the intellectual class…who are only bothered to safeguard their & elite class people…how long this can go on ? they will hv to answer to Allah swt….remember such discrimination has invited ” revolution ” & that is what we are heading into…..read history.

By: Abid Shaikh

Abid Shaikh — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The Bannu jailbreak occurred because the terrorists had been kept in jail. Putting terrorists in jail is a serious mistake. All terrorists should be shot on sight.

By: Pakistani

Pakistani — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Anti Pakistan Forces are people like you who dont know the facts and start blaming intelligence agencies which is a fashion now a days… on 5 jan intelligence agencies warned of such attack … and since 5 jan they kept on warning but our Jail authorities kept on sleeping ….

By: Malik

Malik — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you for enlightening us with this theory. Just look at the shame and embarrassment that this event has brought us worldwide. The world thinks that Pakistan possess a failed military and intelligence apparatus. If what you are saying is really true than this is not the right way to deal with the situation.