Totally devastated by these cowardly attacks. Definitely foreign hands are involved!

its really sad and my heart goes out to families of the victims and policemen who lost their lives protecting Sri lankan team.i think this attack could be a result of recent political conflicts to destabalise the country and the government.anyways i wish Srilankan players who were brave enough to come to Pakistan a very speedy recovery.

Indian sponsored terrorism!

Linking Pakistan with Mumbai and sending a warning to Sri Lanka (Indian backed tamil's lost thier last stronghold recently)

If Pakistanis were involved in Mumbai then here is a question:

If Pakistanis can go all the way to India and kill hundreds then how come they can't even kill few people on their own homeland???

But if Indian's were involved in Mumbai:

killed large number of people in their own country but coudnt match the same outcome abroad. Spy agencies can only do something spectacular in their own country.

See? it makes total sense.

I know you wont publish this but this is how I see it.

Not surprised at all. The entire international community should have pulled their matches from Pakistan years ago. Australia did some time ago because of the security concern. The Pakistani government has essentially legitimized the existence of militant groups by failing to police their own sovereign territory. They essentially gave them a license to exist and to operate with even less scrutiny than before! This was the one thing that tied this failing nation to the rest of the world. Now even that is gone. Terrible...Despicable...

Why the F would LET attack a team that defied the indian displeasure of Sri-lanka touring Pakistan and came to play cricket.

LET has nothing to gain by this attack, one iota. Don't like them, don't agree with them but that is the truth.

The truth will only be revealed when the gunmen are captured which I think they will not.

But how can we rule out indian involment in this. They have more than a zillion reasons to do this.

Can you please concentrate on your own country, i.e., the USA, where people are being left homeless and the economy is close to shambles? and I believe it was Obama who had these attacks conducted. You people have a history of poking your noses especially in the affairs of Muslims. You revel in making fun of Pakistan. Have you ever imagined that fate can turn as well?

Why don't you discuss Indian intelligence agency RAW. And this is a known fact too that for RAW destabilizing Pakistan is an ongoing and unquestioned objective.

Mr.Andrew indirectly said that its work of indian,but i can clearly say that its work of CIA they dont want that two N- power country to come togeather and it do not want all the blame to be put on pakistan so they want to put this one on india.

The today's attacked realy shooked the whole world and specially all the cricket loving nation.I strongly believe the west is playing a major role to de-establised pakistan just to get hold on the nukes.
The credit goes to America and Europeon forces who are having there operations in the reigon,and on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The atrocities and unjustified killing by the hands of the American and Europeon solderis is the root cause of this problem.The so called War on Terror,started by the most evil man G.W bush who i believe has superseeds Adolf Hitler,has been completely failed,and it seems like a endless war as there is no visible enemy.The bulletsand the air-strikes by the allied forces on innocent people making Taliban and Mujahideen on daily basis,as we all are very much aware who has coined the word Mujahideen offcourse CIA.and Ronald Regan establishemnt.
When the unjustified rockets and air-strikes attacks on the houses of civillians and innocent people by the American and Europeon forces ,and causes mass killings it gives the birth to the new recruit of taliban's,when they sees unjustify killings of there family and freinds,so the motive of life left for them is to do jihad.
Milatry has never been a option,to win the hearts and minds dialogue is the only option.why Britain never invaded Ireland because they knew it Dialogue is the only solution.They have to isolate the terrorist,by not allowing them to win the sympathy of locals,But unfortunatley here is the other way traffic which is very sad,what they have achieved in Iraq by killing million of people?US definatley needs to shuffle and revise there foreign policies towards Afghanistan and Pakistan,otherwise this world soon become a history.

Judging by the sophisticated weapons used in the Lahore attack, the US would do well to audit the billions of dollars worth of aid given to Pakistan to handle their 'war in Afghanistan'. That aid seems to have been sucked out of the 'system' and used for weapons by the terrorists! Or by the ISI – are you telling me that 12 terrorists out in the open, spread across a public street all managed to escape without a trace, unless someone let them?

india is behind this attack, they want to feel pakistan the taste of the mumbai attack thats why the makes the same scene just like we have seen in mumbai attack.

Isn't it suprising that none of the attackers were killed or captured?They had at least a doz 'well trained' security personell protecting the visitors.The attackers were not hiding and shooting as can be seen in the video footages .Really surprising indeed...

Instead for finding the attackers all pakistani goverment is just finding a way to save itself and put blame on India. The amunition which these attackers carry was similar to that of Mumbai, the Cell phone, and the Food packs were extacly similar to that of Mumbai and none of attackers were Caught. What was Pakistani goverment Doing????

There must be some security presonal involved with the terrorist otherwise how will they know the root and exact Bus which carries Sri lankan Team or Pakistani Team. Also Why wasnt Pakistani Team travelling along with Srilankan Team?? They stay in same Hotel and Were going to Same Stadium and Same Time the match was suppose to start. i think Pakistani Goverment should Catch the real Terrorist rather than finding ways to Blame other countries.

A letter (dated 22-01-09) published in a local newspaper today issued a warning by Pakistan's CID to the local authorities on a possible RAW backed attack on the visiting Sri Lankan team.

Personally, I won't jump into conclusions but logically speaking this makes most sense. India knows they can't afford to confront Pakistan on the borders now so their only hope is to destabilize Pakistan from within and isolate them from the rest of the world.

Whether it is Mumbai or Lahore, the fact of the matter is that the events are a inhumane act of cowards who attack soft targets. The whole global community has to take responsibility to fight against such "state less" actors. We need to raise above the finger pointing at each other which is exactly what the terrorists want. This is the time for all countries and humans to unite and set thier own houses in order.

Their times for Pakistanis to come out of anti India mind set and accept that their nations is serenading to terrorists. This needed a political will by government and security agencies cooperation. The world knows the elements of terrorists are within their own military. Pak is now cutting what they have sowed before. Hatred and blaming other won't bring any good for all. All nations in the region should unite and fight against these forces. The common man suffers most. Let’s come out of these hate thoughts of religious fanatics and think for better living full of peace and progress.

Pakistan is a failed state.

It is a breeding ground for terrorists who are nurtured in the country with Pak govt and millitary support and create terror attack in the entire world. They just kill innocent civilians in the name of Islam.

And now their homegrown terrorists have started creating trouble for their own masters in the Pak govt and millitary.

A bifitting poetic justice!

Believe me the world will be a much peaceful place if this terrorist country is boycotted or better wiped out from the map.

It doesn't make practical sense for Indian organisations or authorities to be behind this either. After Mumbai, and now this, cricket tours to the whole subcontinent are in jeopardy.

It is becoming more and more likely that high-profile international cricket players will pull out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) later this year now because of security concerns. And the IPL as a whole is at risk – given the IPL is even more of a high-profile target than an SL/Pak Test series. Therefore India stands to lose massive sums of money as a result. It doesn't make sense for this to be a retaliatory strike from India, nor does it fit into previous reactions from India against Pakistan.

How typical of the Pakistanis to blame the Indians? The people who have the most to gain are the jehadi muslim organisations trying to destabilise the civilian governement.

Pakistan needs to look at their own countrymen before blaming India. Terrorists are bred in their country. Shut down your madrassas, stop making deals with Taliban and sort out the mess in your own country before pointing fingers!!

Pakistan is the next Afghanistan and its people and leaders continue to display ostrich mentality. The post at number 3 is a classic. India must take all steps to prepare for chaos that is sure to come

I find it strange how people want to either run their mouth, or point fingers at the USA while the Pakistani government openly allows terrorists to run rampant in their country. Now none fine gentleman mentioned we should stay out of Muslim affairs, with which I could not have agreed more a few years ago. However when "Jihadists sent from your part of the globe attacked my side of the globe" it was time to change the situation. S while most of the Muslim world is terribly occupied by attempting to define basic truths, some of you must contend with US on your soil until We want to leave, or You learn to behave. So the point is this, get over yourselves, do not invent "Evil Foreign Characters" while you allow thousands of hate filled monsters who want to kill anyone they successfully can in the name of a peace loving RELIGION!!

There is no doubt it is Indian sponsored terrorism. It is revenge of Mubai attacks.

I will hold U.S responsible for this attack, actually for all the terrorist activities in India and around the world. It is you who provide billion of Dollars to Pakistan without caring where the hell they are using that money. The fact is Pakistan had always used this money to spread terrorist activities in India and around the world. If you guys have made sure that the money you are giving to Pakistan is used to provide food to the citizens of the starving nation, Pakistan would have been what it is now. I can understand what the mental condition of those accusing Indian intelligence Agencies for it can be. India can never do something like this and has never been found involved in anything like this. I won't say anything to them but I would like to say something to International community – this is a matter of serious concerns, do something to Pakistan or let India do something to dismantle the terrorist's infrastructure in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and other parts of this terrible country before it is too late.

Dear Swati Bhansali,

Hi! with all the due respect of the world I am saying this that you proved to be a typical Indian here by blaming Pakistan and ISI. This is not your fault as you say what you have been told by your media and your government. My suggestion to you is to look and observe what is going around you in the world and try to understand the geo politics of the region.

The funds you are talking about were never in the system whether in USA or in Pakistan. Have you ever thought that why USA not openly investigating the utilization of these funds. Because once the accountability begins it will uncover many things that should not be opened. Hence as per policy measures the source and utilization will never be discussed.

The people of this region may live in peace if Indian officially accept the existence of Pakistan and both countries should stop cross border terrorism. But little did you know that why this thing has not happened so far; because many other hidden forces don't let this happen as their objectives/interests cannot be achieved this way.

I hope you will start thinking globally rather typical Indian psychology. Thanks.

i am an indian, i neither feel sad or happy about these attacks, just to aknowledge the fact that 'what you sow is what you reap' . i am only surprised about the pakistani people who express surprise, wake up and smell the cofee, this is what you nurtured all along and so, shall you have it

CNN should seriously moderate the comments in this space. If we can not make meaningful contributions, rather than hateful exchanges, then this is not worth anyone's time. Frankly I'm disappointed.

Let the investigation proceed – culprits and motives will be known eventually. My hope is that the political leaders in the region don't follow the trend I noticed among participants in this blog.

Pakistanis and Indians alike are wonderful people. Why should a few bad people lead us to make negative generalizations?

I agree that the attack is a bit too far from the Taliban stronghold, and in a territory that is not entirely supportive of Talibans.

If we look at the motive, there can be three things, in the order of likelihood:

1. Nawaz Sharif destabilizing and high-lighting problems on Zardari's watch (if you wanna call it that).
2. India trying to highlight problems in PK.
3. Retaliatory strikes by Laskhar-e-Tayaba

I also believe that Zardari's govt has limited time – a year max, before someone in the military sacks him and takes over to fix the sorry state that PK has been driven into.

Sooner the better !!

LOL the India phobic statements over here makes me pity you guys,lol
Some people just don't get it,and this happens and continues to happen.

India, Pakistan & Bangladesh hold great future together, if stays united. We are unnecessarly bogged down by petty politics. Ordinary people in these countries are silient spectators, while the politicians take advantage by hiking up sentiments against each other.

Wake up, stay united and identify the scrupulus elements who keeps us devided and foil their attempts to ignite enimity among us.

I am a Sri Lankan and I am really really sad and upset about this whole incident.
First i must thank the bus driver who saved our cricketers lives.
Mr. Khalil we thank you for your brave effort...!!!
Pakistan has been a good friend of Sri Lanka. They are also facing similar problems. In Sri Lanka there is a Terrorist Organization called LTTE ( Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ). it is the most advanced, and ruthless Terrorist organization in the world (FBI report ). recently the Army found submarines, modified bombers (planes), missiles (SAM)etc..and they are the first Terrorist Organization to use suicide bombers. They are responsible for so many atrocities and it includes assassinating Rajive Gandhi, and R. Premadsa.
They get funds from various sources, various NGO's ( umbrella organizations of LTTE ), through Diaspora, drug trafficking, money laundering, credit card frauds, arms smuggling etc.
At the Moment they are holding innocent civilians against their will as human shield. They are killing civilians and the civilians are suffering a lot.

Pakistan is facing a similar situation. There are so many Terror organizations operating from Pakistan. The Pakistani Government is unable to control them. It is very hard to tell who's responsible, but I think the LTTE is behind this attack (directly or indirectly ).

We still love Pakistan and her people. Our common enemy is Terrorism. It must be defeated...!!!

"A country which is proud to known as neuclear powered and not able to protect a cricket team from terrorist attacks". Actually pakistan goverment fear terrorists- that is a fact. One day this terrorists will rule pakistan and the will get the nuclear weapon.

In short they are not capable to protect such a devastating weapon. If the world doesn't act properly it's very dangerous to the entire world.

I refer to your extensive coverage on TV today of the Lahore shooting and thank you for the same. However there is very lilltle coverage on your service of the war that is going on in Sri Lanka. In the last 2 months alone over 2400 civilians including several hundred children have been slaughtered by the Sri Lankan government forces in the name of combatting the LTTE.

May I ask whether in your eyes the life of cricketer is more valuable than that of a poor helpless civilian?

Pakistan's attitude towards any terror attack in its soil is goes like this; blame a foreign hand, let some of its lesser known government figures conclude resolutely that the foreign hand is nothing but the Indian government, get a clutch of ignoramus security analysts to implicate Israel and Mossad, let some of its more popular politicians try and rationalise the events in the light of the US presence in Afghanistan, get its electronic and print media to liberally use the phrases freedom fighters, genocide in Kashmir, oppression of Muslims in India. At the end of the day, the response is akin to what a convicted criminal would say: "Me, criminal? Am innocent, the lawyer f@#&ed me"

Phase one; blaming a foreign hand and Phase two; asserting that the foreign hand is India have been completed. Time to move onto to phase three?

and I agree with Madhusudan; bilal's post is an all-time classic.

it sounds like the recent attack against the Sri Lankan cricket team is turning out to be a huge blow to tons of Pakistani cricket fans, since now the sport in general has to be curtailed throughout the country

sponsoring killing of innocent people is not indian culture and cup of tree.

creation of a nation in name of religion is againnst the universal religion of brotherhood and humanity and such nations are failure

Each time when something like this happened – the first reactions would typically be "definitely not one of us.." and then when that fails... next reaction would be "..some foreigners must be involved or must be instigated or sponsored by other countries..." seems like denial is a favorite past-time in Pakistan.. when will they ever learn to accept, ponder over what's going wrong within their borders and do something to improve the sad state that they are in..?

I am Sri lankan, one of millions who love our cricketing heros. We ourselves have been victims of Terrorism for decades. We know what it means to peaceloving humans when they are rendered helpless in the hands of cowards who cannot get noticed in public in any other way.

This is true in Sri Lanka, Lahore, New York or London. Terrorism and its impact do not differ in geographical, ethnic, religious, skin colour or any other boundaries.

Worst thing we can do is to isolate the true victms – the peaceloving human beings. My take is the best thing all those who oppose terrorism to be united and show their strength behind the peaceloving people (there are plenty of them) in Lahore and everywhere in Pakinstan.

If they are lost as a result of isolation by other global citizens – Only the Terrorists and Terrorists alone be victorious.

Lets all those who want peace rally together for Peace.

Kamal Abeysinghe – Colombo – Sri Lanka

If we look at the geographic location of Lahore, it is close to Indian border than any other city of Pakistan.

Moreover, India could not start an open war against Pakistan because of pressure form US/West & thret of using Nuclear Bomb from Pakistan. But RAW & other secret agencies felt demoralised and ashamed after Bombay attacks.

I beleive 100% that this is a revenge or attack (whatever you consider it) against the peace loving people of Pakistan. But here I would like to mention the key issue/conflict between India & Pakistan which is Kashmir. There is no hope for real peace in South Asia unless this conflict is resolved peacefully.

I hope that the governments of India & Pakistan will understaand to resolve this issue and let their people live a prosperous life in the region.

UK media's primary report is that British match ref. Chris Broad is a hero of the attacks for 'comforting' a fellow official. Yet he effectively called a pakistan policeman cowardly for coming onto the minibus to shield himself from the gunfire. Did it strike him that policeman have familes too? That 6 policeman and the driver were lying dead outside? Lets have a perspective on the real heroes of this tragedy – the bus driver who drove the team away, and the policemen who gave their lives.

The Muslim world should confront extremism. Silence can be misconstrued as compliance , very wrongly. Hurtful comments by non-muslims is simply fishing in troubled waters. I notice the absence of supportive statements by world leaders. I am from nowhere near Pakistan but in difficult times a unified world stance will go a long way.

It is clear that it is the work of RAW.You have only to look at the threats made by indian politicians to Pakistan after bombay's event will clearly show who is behind this tragedy and who is trying to gain from this.
Sri Lanka and Pakistan are friends,with the help of Pakistan,they are winning against LTTE ( by the way a creation and aide by RAW.
Moreover just look at the remarks uttered by indian government,blaming Pakistan for this tragedy rightaway,and india wants to politically isolate Pakistan from the world and get Pakistan declared a terrorist state.But I assure you we Pakistanis will bounce back from this assault commited by india as we did in 1971.Remember Allah is with us.Long Live Pakistan.

Indeed very unfortunate. However it is the result of hatred, division brought about by people who have vested interest to keep India, Pakistan, Sri Lanma, Bangla Desh fighting each other in the name of religion, caste , creed, kaum etc. etc. We all must realise that our culture, style of living, habits and customs are similar. That we respect family life, live in joint family, care for our female members, and have distinct "RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE TO LIFE', though may have adopted different religions. Let us not fight in between ourselves, fight the outsiders who are doing "BANDER BANT". Dont' involve outsiders in the supposed disputes in between ourselves, rather sit together, talk to each other and find solutions amicably. Consider just one idea to legally constitute "FEDERATION OF SAARC NATIONS" , just on the pattern of EURO ZONE. Remember all nations part of EURO ZONE were fighting with each other only a few decades ago, they hve seen the horrors of WAR and now discuss and solve issues as they come up. SO LET US CREATE DEMOCRATIC FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH, NEPAL,PAKISTAN, INDIA, SRILANKA,MYNAMER,MALE AS ONE NATION CALLED 'FEDERAL UNION OF SOUTH ASIAN NATIONS"- let me dare to call it 'SOUTHASIAN', so that there is no controversy of individual identity OF NAMES etc. etc.

The Pakistani government has not blamed india or anyone for that matter regarding the attacks. They say we will only respond when investigations give them some leads.

My indian friends say that it is typical Paki response to act of terror on its soil......actually, government of Pakistan has always given a very measured response and has never blamed india.

Rather it is indian government which always gives a knee jerk reaction. Its a fact

If you people think india is a peaceful country which deosn't support terror, get your head checked. Mukti-Bani, LTTE etc etc are all handy works of indians.

India, like Pakistan and other countries, uses terror as an instrument of state policy.

After having defeated pakistan in all their mis-adventures in all the previous conventional wars, India doesn't indulge in a retaliation war, sadly, and isn't in their culture, which gave likes of Gandhi, Yoga and sometimes stupid, but vibrant Indian movie industry, all this apart from maintaining its secular fabric, though 85% of population is Hindu; multitude cultures; heavy and continuous democracy and alst but not least the educated and technical work force that some industrialized nations around world use...And what pakistan achieved in the same time? That is for world to decide and comment.

But again since pakistan recently accepted the role of some non-state actors from its soil, after a barrage of non-commitment and denial, on their role on Mumbai carnage (more than 150 dead and hundreds wounded)...do they think if India were to retaliate with its might (much more stronger civilian will and military) would end up doing such a small mis-adventure??? India does not have a big bro like pakistan does to fund them till they make them selves unuseful and redundantly mis-adventerous, but what i see a total pathetic reaction from most pakistanis who have replied.

If India were to retaliate, like they accuse, it would have been much more devastating than what some of their non-state actors have achieved in Mumbai, several degrees uncomparable to what has happened in lahore. And again, where do they think those attackers have gone...so sophisticated that they have escaped through a time wrap/ poratal or did people watch an Indian craft land there and pick them up??? Duhhh!!!!

I pity all those people who claim that the Sri Lankan attack on Pakistani soil has something to do with India and her revenge on the Mumbai attack. In a perverse sort of way, arent they actually accepting Pakistan's hand in Mumbai. Very much the point the article above was trying to make.

A cursory glance at history will show you that India was never big on revenge. It always stood for non-voilence, non-cooperation and laid lives in fighting for independence. And we still are friends with Britian and still admire her discipline and unshaken determinatation.

Or should I say Pakistan could never learn to value freedom that comes from the independence they haven't earnt.

I pity all those people who claim that the Sri Lankan attack on Pakistani soil has something to do with India and her revenge on the Mumbai attack. In a perverse sort of way, arent they actually accepting Pakistan’s hand in Mumbai? Very much the point the article above was trying to make.

A cursory glance at history will show you that India was never big on revenge. It always stood for non-voilence, non-cooperation and laid lives in fighting for independence. And we still are friends with Britian and still admire her discipline and unshaken determination.

Or should I say Pakistan could never learn to value freedom that comes from the independence they haven’t earnt.

I urge upon all to consider that it is not the time to indulge in 'blame game'. An unfortunate incident has happenned, like many in the past. We the people of South Asia need to know the truth, and not stories written at the instance of politicians, warlords, outsiders who want to see us devided, so that they can continue to keep us weak, poor, without water, food,shelter or good health. Why spend our meagre resources on blame games, hatred and equipment to fight each other, when those resources are urgently needed to fight poverty, hunger and provide pure drinking water, food and shelter to our poor people? Let us work together, shed hatred and start building South Asia together. Outsiders have exploited this "sone ki chiria". Let us create SOUTH ASIAN UNION OF NATIONS, consisting of BANGLADESH, PAKISTAN, NEPAL, BHUTAN,MYNAMER,SRILANKA,MALE, & INDIA AND CALL IT "UNITED STATES OF SOUTH ASIA" , in short "USSA" – all controversies, big and small shall come to an end. After all the greater and most important truth and picture is that people living in these states are HIGHLY RELIGIOUS, RESPECT FAMILY WAY OF LIFE; BELIEVE IN PIOUS LIVING and have very high degree of respect for their mothers and sisters , apart from their own country. When culture is similar, why not discuss problems in between ourselves as a united Union of States and find solutions by referendum. We must remember that all countries now part of EURO were fighting in between themselves onley a few decades ago, saw horrors of war and now live together with each other with common currency peacefully, and solve their differrences by dialogue , not by violence. Let us remember the whole world continues to respect Mr. Mohanchand Karamchand Gandhi, not a relative of Sonia Gandhi for advocating the 'Principle of Non-Violence" and he was against division of India and hence belonged to the people of Pakistan as much as if not more than India. He laid down his life to protect muslims in India before partition and also after partition. Anyway, his community, religion apart, he shall ever be known for bringing the mighty BRITISH EMPIRE to it's knees only through and with the NON VIOLENT PRINCIPLE OF SATYAGRAH – FIGHT FOR TRUTH. Blame game is a wastage of time, money and against welfare of our own people. Some bad elements either from within us or imported from outside our region have lost their path, taken to path of violence and we need to bring them to face JUSTICE. Just let us do that now and work for unity.

The LTTE in Sri Lanka trained the muslim fundmentalists on how to mold a human being into one of the most sofisticated & intelligent weapons of today. This was done probably 25 years ago. So, there is a link between the LTTE and the Al Qaida rebels operating in Pakistan/Afgan areas. I will not be surprised if this attack was planned & coordinated from India by the LTTE who basically has a free ride in Tamil Nadu. They might be defeated in Sri Lanka but they are verymuch alive in other parts of the world. Watch-out India, remember what happened to Rajive Ghandi? Make sure the LTTE does not start their antiques in India and ask for a seperate State in Tamil Nadu! I'm just saying...

Gosh! All the comments made above are too political. Is this the question of India and Pakistan! Common guys. For god's sake, GROW UP! Think and speak. It doesnt take long for our generation to start talking based on knee jerks!

Its the attack on Sri lankan cricketers we are talking about not the CONFLICT OF INDIA and PAKISTAN! I mean I read all the above posted comments, some of them are totally ridiculous, RAW, CIA, ISI, India, pakistan.. cut the crap.

There were human who died, people who had pumping heart, emotions, families and friends. This is the attack on humanity. I sometime feel that we are loosing the touch of being human!

People who attacked have NO religion. They dont belong to any country. They dont belong to civilised race of human beings. They "KILLED".. They just acted like wild animals. You think any RELIGION or COUNTRY's Government would promote this! NO WAY. This is the work of mindless, heart less and soul less people who are away from sanity

Think about this they attacked cricketers. I mean sri lankan players went to play cricket. They were not related to any political dispute. And Some people attacked them. The only reason I can think of.. is SADISM! They are sadistic people who gets pleasure by spreading terror!

Shame on them and shame on all of us for making these judgmental, mindless, proofless political comments

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Pakistan is a failed state controlled by taliban and ISI both of which are creations of US that created them to beat the Soviets out of Afghanistan.

Seems that the chickens have come to roost!

I was first thinking that few politicians and anti social elements in Paksithan is responsible for the terrorism and for the fate of Paksithan what it is going through now... seeing these comments from Paki's I am now very much sure that these assholes all are alike. its not only government, even the basic Paki asshole is also a terrorist ( if not, atleast have the mindset to become one). If India play the same game what Pakistan is playing... (sponsoring and encouraging terrorism, using diplomatic means to send spys and terrorists, extortions, collecting money in the name of charity and religion to use them by unholy means etc.) Pakistan would be wiped off the map longggggggg time back. The Frankentstein whom they rose against India now killing their own people.

Some of the Pakistani guys here are saying that Indian agencies have done this to take revenge for the Mumbai attack. In doing so these dumb people are accepting the fact that Mumbai attacks are carried out by Pakistanis. When God was distributing brain to mankind, these guys went with a sieve. Who are these guys fighting, Non-Muslims, Indians, Americans, Jews and now Cricketers ?

Dear Pakistani friends, please stop this hate campaign, let there be peace let there be love.

The Mumbai attacks were blah!! An improvisation of 9-11 on indian soil to tilt world sympathies on their side to wage a media war to defame pakistan. The Marriott bombing happened earlier. Cant say if that was legit or staged, but were we (PAK) raising fingers then?? – talking about knee jerk reactions.

The Lahore atttacks seem to be orchestrated by RAW, and there is evidence to link that. But playing on an already weak wicket (in terms of world opinion), Pak has to play this one out carefully.

History has always been written by the winners of the wars. This war has no end in sight, but continued destruction for the entire world, but some.

If politics were a game of truth, this world would have been a safe place. The rules have to be changed, and may the larger force (India) make the first move.

A solution: I agree with something on the lines of the USSA mentioned above. The west has always wanted to divide and rule. Now the west is in dire straits economically. In turn, Asia has to unite. Peacefully.

Do not blame 'foreign hand'!!!!!! look in your own backyard; look at the problems; Untill the local pakistanis rise up they are doomed as a nation and as a seperate entity!!!!!!!!

It seems that the day is not far away when Karachi and Lahore are taken by Talebans and the most interesting part is that it will happen with Pakistani arsenal smuggled into the RIGHT HANDS through the same people who caused mayhem in Mumbai. Best of luck to our pakistani brothers. Save yourselves if you can.
Ironically while I am writing this comment, the link below reads:
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Pakistanis have to devolop courage and accept that their is a problem in their own house;
Until acceptance of fault is done their is no redemption;
You are doomed as a nation and as a seperate entity if you do not accept that terror is in your house & at your doorstep

If only Pakistani's start looking at culprits and stop blaming US / Western allies and India, they would start progressing towards peace. By hiding the truth, they will fall victims of terrorism again and again because they are following wrong trails of blame game.

Wake and smell .... ... !

India has hit Pakistan where it really hurts. I think they have taken revenge at the cost of a game which they also love. Not understanding that now foreign teams will rethink to visit even India.

The Lahore and Mumbai attacks can only be the work of a well-trained, internationally organized "Terror Army", a sort of Foreign Legion, probably without any political allegiance; just allegiance to money. It is frightening to think that they could be having operating centres all over the world, just waiting for a command – and a bank transfer, of course.

This is not fair at all innocent people are the target; in between the war of ISI and RAW what i had noticed they are going turn by turn now the reaction will be seen very soon in India some where .....

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that these attacks were sponsored and orchestrated by RAW (indian intelligence agency). Whenever something like this takes place we must see who benefits most from it. Destabilizing and isolating Pakistan further is the goal of this wing and indeed the Indian government. There will obviously be fingers pointed towards the Al Qaeda and the taliban, but the fact is that the Pakistani government just had a peace deal with them, and even if they were involved its difficult to believe that they could carry out such an attack without some sort of assistance in terms of training and providing them weapons. It is on record that Raw has offices and operatives in Afghanistan, and the tribal areas of Pakistan, where they would have recruited and trained the attackers. Its unfortunate that we have incompetent fools working at the state level in Pakistan, but I hope that Pakistan investigates these events keeping in mind the Indian stake in this, and not just take the easy way out by blaming anything and everything on the taliban and Al qaeda which seems to be the prevailing trend these days. I dont mean to offend any of the Indian readers but this unfortunately is the truth. There have been repeated instances in the past when both the ISI and RAW have carried out similar attacks on both sides, and they are is no denying this. The people of both countries want peace and I hope that the high level officials stop using us as proxies to fulfill their political objectives. Lets hope that the perpatrators of not only this attack, but of 26/11, killing of benazir, bombing of samjhota express train, etc are brought to justice and if there is evidence of the involvement of ISI and RAW in any of these attack their respective heads should be hanged !

All the people thinking India is behind the attacks in Pakistan; you all are geniuses! Really!

Only thing... Where the heck is the proof of that?

Its amazing that the TV station captured footage of gun-men firing, but no one there cared to call "backup".

Governmnet of Pakistan was supposed to give "Presidential level of security" to the players from SL. Well, they did give "Presidential level of security" to the players.
That's why Butto died! She was also given "Presidential level of security"!!!

I think its pretty usless if we blame each other on whats going on and whats not. We see, believe and think what we are told by the media. Indians live in pakistan and many pakistani lives in india there families live in the both countries. We should realize that its always political gains that are planned and some times are far above our thinking.
We should stop hateful exchange and atleast bring a hope to each others that we are united at our levels and in our heart we both know pretty clearlly who is doing what .

We should condemened whats going on all over the world for whatever reason. We all know that on bigger grounds its not good for any of us.In the name of terrorism agencies are manipulating their strategies to do their mean motives. We should condemn each and every move that result in loss of innocent lives.

We all know pretty well that blaming each other is not the solution neither War is the solution for this.If we want to contribute and really feel sorry for whats going on .We have to stop blaming atleast on individaul level we should spread love , peace and harmony irrespective of reliegion,region or whatever. Blaming on each other , exchange of hate will simly ignite the situtaion and make it more worse .

Stop hating Pakistan or India or what ever region and religion.. Hate the evil doers.We all are beautiful from inside and we know that but stop being manipulated .This is where you have to decide you side.
Do your duty spread love , peace and harmony among each other. Where ever you live . Atleast we can do it on our own levels . No matter where we live , what ever we do .

I hope you all are wise and are fully capable to understand this.

Question is who would have got the benefit of destabilizing Pakistan by such incidents? May be it is something to be done by our neighbors! I am not a big fan of consipracy theories but here the facts are making me think this way. I hope both countries should react responsibly and work together to stabilize the region collectively instead of doing things otherwise.

It's so predictable and sad to see all these crazed Paki mullahs blame India and the USA for their miserable country. Whatever you nut-job Islamists in Paki-land have to say, the WHOLE world knows that this cowardly act was committed by MUSLIMS. Deal with that, mullahs!

And long live Geert Wilders and the Shiv Sena.

On a hospital bed, just out of an 2.5 hours 'scaphoid reconstruction surgery and still in extreme pain, i found out about the attack on Sri Lankan Cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan. Unable to do anything, i blamed my own self all day and did not miss a single split second of CNN feed on this issue.

Being a Pakistani, a die hard fan of cricket who wouldn't even miss a single second of a cricket match in my childhood, i feel a dire need to say what i am going to say. i have my one arm plastered and this entire comment is written in pain !!!

I really appreciate that Sri Lankan cricket team came to Pakistan. But, they didn't come as a token of favor to Pakistan, only for the spirit of Cricket. And i again appreciate that. So, nobody should be dramatizing about the future of cricket in Pakistan. What one should question is the role of government ?

I do understand that controlling militancy might be a difficult task for the moment, but what was the problem in providing full security to a cricket team we invited ourselves on a promise...

It is unethical to point fingers at anybody without evidence nor it is our job, so one should leave this to agencies working in that country or should i say, those countries.

For two days, I have seen political figures (i will not mention names) pointing fingers without solid evidence. This should be avoided at least for the country's respect.

I just have one question. If the government officials can so easily point fingers, why couldn't they adopt a preemptive strategy for Sri Lankan cricket team ? And if this would happen, what had happened, they had their solid evidence of who is behind. They could probe into it and had probably avoided its re occurrence in future. They could have gained a good name in International community. And, most of all, you would have saved your own country's respect.

Being a citizen, can i ask a more fundamental question... can I, as citizen, ask our democratically elected government any question ? If yes, then this attack could have been easily avoided, how come our government did not think of this possibility?

If any voice can reach that government, it should be asking this question in a straight forward way.

And people please stop pointing fingers. It never worked in the past. It will never work in future.

I appreciate that police officer quitting his job on the nature of government support, but what about the security personnel who gave their lives ?

This government must have better answers.

Proposed united Union South Asia is much better idea than I thought; and when united actions are crawling day-speed; only pink elephants know; somebody might discuss splitting Pakistan and country of muslim India, as if there is any revealing hope finding not-war-tyrannous conflict districts. 81 territories and one USSA.

On 22/01/2008, there was an internal memo issued by CID (one of the internal intelligence agency). Here goes the text:

"It has reliably learnt that "RAW" (Indian Intelligence Agency) has assigned its agents the task to target Sri Lankan Cricket Team during its visit to Lahore, especially while travelling between the hotel and stadium or at hotel during their stay.
2. It is evident that RAW intends to show Pakistan as security risk state for sports events particularly European and Indianteamas have already postponed visits considering it a hish security risk to visit Pakistan.
3. RAW has also collected photographs of leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (Proscribed) and its establishments to target them.
4. Extrame vigilance and heightened security arrangemenents indicated"

Please contact Punjab government and Interior ministry of Pakistan for copies of the memo dated 01/22/09 and try to publish it to get the other side of the story known to international community.

In the world only in pakistan you can roam with a automatic weapon on the street. Can you deny that? And in Mumbai, these SOBs came in night. These impotent cowards killed the innocent people. In Pakistan, it happened in market place. Where are the cops? Did you see, after the attack some of the attackers are so cool they don't even bother that they can be recognised.

Pakistan is stupid. They are just not fessing up that there is terrorism in their country. Pakistan is a disgrace to the world. They have no regards for human life.

My dear Pakistani brothers and sisters: Please come out of sentiments and be rationale. India and Pakistan are trying to imrove relations with each other. You have seen SA RE GA MA program. Amanat Ali resides in Indian's hearts. Similar activities are going on to strenthen our relations. We are being attacked from a terrorist group. They are heartless and uncivilized people. They may be any where. In India, Pakistan or in Sri Lanka. Instead of diluting our relationship, we must find them and punish them, We are an unit comprised of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Can we make this unit as a better place to live? Yes, we can. Please don't blame each other. Regards, -Ashok-

Indian Minister commented on the very first day that it happened because of security lapse and it was a weak security! Now that was a wrong conclusion at a very sensitive time! Can anyone answer me where was the police in Mumbai when attack took place? Approx 200 people died, Criminals managed to stay alive for 4 continious days in a hotel though inidan ellite forces and commandos were their to participate??? Is this what one can expect from ellite force?????? Ordinary police constables of Pakistan Police had gun battle with 12 well prepared armed men who managed to fire rocket and gernades on the convoy... still police contiuned their efforts to stop and thanks to the hero driver who took bus all the way to the stadium after all the firing and bombing. This is what Pakistani people and forces are capable of.

For people who are asking for evidince of indian involvement, what solid evidence did india have to proove that pakistanis were involved in 26/11. All they brought forward was one ajmal qasab who hasnt been taken to court, or brought in front of private investigators, we dont even know if he exists. Pakistan made water bottles, cell phones, tissue packets etc, that is not concrete evidence. I am not denying a possible involvement of Pakistani in the mumbai attacks, but one cannot rule out indian involvement in these attacks. Its easy that we laugh off some conspiracy theories, but what if they really are true, and the authorites want us to believe in their version of the story, so they can fulfill there political objectives

Feels like a very planned and phased out hunters net for Pakistan, i wonder what the american intelligence chief's business is in pakistan at this moment. Who ever the planners, financiers and implementers of this attack have one thing in common, they do not want to see peace in this region. India and Pakistan are nuclear, only result of war between them is a draw, both nations die, literally. So why the hell fight a war that no one can win, either be cold or not.

My utmost respect and gratitude to those brave policemen who died in this cowardly act of barbarism. They were not being paid millions nor were they seeking glory, they just did their job.

On 01/22/2009, there was an internal security memo issued by CID (crime investigation department). Here goes the text:

“It has reliably learnt that “RAW” (Indian Intelligence Agency) has assigned its agents the task to target Sri Lankan Cricket Team during its visit to Lahore, especially while travelling between the hotel and stadium or at hotel during their stay.
2. It is evident that RAW intends to show Pakistan as security risk state for sports events particularly European and Indian teams have already postponed visits considering it a high security risk to visit Pakistan.
3. RAW has also collected photographs of leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (Proscribed) and its establishments to target them.
4. Extreme vigilance and heightened security arrangemenents indicated”

Please contact Punjab police and/or Interior ministry of Pakistan for copies of the memo dated 01/22/09 and try to publish it to get the other side of the story known to international community.

The attack on sportsmen in Pakistan was never a matter of surprise. The for all these violence and fundamentalism took firm roots with the creation of Pakistan. While Hindu and other people could live under Muslim rulers for more than half a millennium, Muslims failed the test. The world community still, by and large, do not understand the nature of Muslim Fundamentalism. It is true that the West created Israel displacing the rightful citizens of Palestine. In fact creation of Israel was an extension of crusade for the West and the Jews people played unwittingly into the hands of the West. It is true that to grab the oil, the West has for more than a century, kept military presence on the soil of the Middle East. It is also true that the West (read the USSR) occupied the Central Asia for its colonial interests. It is also true the Brithis twice and the USSR once occupied Afghanistan. It is also ironically true that the USA has not learnt any lessons from that or from Vietnam. Or perhaps it is also an extension of crusade for that country. But India and its people never did any such atrocities on the Muslim world. On the contrary, it has a great respect for the Persian and Sufi culture. For time and again, India became victim of Muslim fundamentalism or colonial repression. Yet, persons like David Milliband advice us on Kashmir. How can India abandon Kashmir only to let it be occupied by Muslim fundamentalists? I do not think that my country would have any objection to share Kashmir with a secular neighbourhood. Coming back to the current problem and in response to the Pakistani bloggers, I must say that your great country , land our ancestors has been heading for a doomsday perhaps carrying the whole world via our nuclear arsenal much before global warming gobbles us up. My request to my Pakistani brethren, to become a human first and a Muslim second or third.

First of all my sympathies to the families who lost dear ones in this cowardly attack. These tragedies should never take place. Before blaming any foreign country the Pakistanis should remember that it is there country which has surrendered of parts of there country to the Taliban. I know they would like to blame a foreign country for that but it is there country which feeds the rabid dog and when it bites there neighbour its just fine but when it bites them well thats a different case then there neighbour has somehow trained there hand fed dog to bite them.
What a joke!! Guys wake up these terrorists are ur problem not something created by ur neighbours.... The sooner u realise it the sooner u can tackle it.....

I always thought that something unique about our species. We learn and we grow. But I guess the science is wrong. Look at all you guys. Just the damn blame game. In past 15 posts has anyone mentioned anything about Sri lankan Cricketers? Has anyone Condemned the attacks from you guys???. Its all about India and pakistan!! Duh!!

I guess we the people will never change and will continue to fall pray to all those who are against humanity as in this case.

It’s so predictable and sad to see all these crazed Pakis blame India and the USA for the miserable state of their so-called country. Despite the propaganda you Islamists in Pakistan try to spread, the WHOLE world knows that this cowardly act was committed by MUSLIMS. Deal with that, please!

It is pathetic to see the vitriol on both sides. I can empathize with Muslims feeling this is an Indian sponsored revenge.

However, I would ask the Muslims two simple questions:

1. If RAW is so capable that it can stage this attack, why did it take 18 hours for Indian commandos to reach Bombay. India's security performance during 26.11 was dismal. Do you really think India has the intelligence capability to launch this audacious attack? If I wanted to launch a terrorist attack, I would hire the LeT rather than RAW!

2. Attacking Sri Lanka cricketeers in Lahore not only affects Pakistan but India too. If I were Kevin Pietersen, I would not go to India for the IPL. This is a tragedy not just for Pakistan but the whole subcontinent,
Are the Indian's so crazy as to affect their own economic fortunes?

The day is not far off when there will be no international sports events in the subcontinent.

What a tragedy.

I smell a rat. No doubt this was the work of Indians seeking avengance against the Mumbai attacks. We should not send any cricketers to India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. And while we are at it, lets stop getting migrants from these regions as well.

Pakistan is the Epicentre of Terror. The biggest question is who actually controls pakistan..? Govt or military or Taliban or Religious fanatics.

Pakistani People should concentrate on their Economy, their society well being. If they do not act agianst such extremists measures some time from now 5-10 years we will see anathore iraq/Afghan in pakistan.

People of pakistan its in ur self interest to act now and stop those extremists in their terror course. Please do not balme India for all your miseries.

Actually many of us here are playing blame game and pointing our finger towards each other.

What if we see this all from global perspective; aren't we being used by our own politicians and few global super powers. It is the game of natural resources and supremacy to rule the world according to one's own methodology.

We should be much aware of these facts before voting for our politicians. For all the Indian subcontinent countries; did someone ever think that why everything is happening in this region only.

Actually it is the game between USA, China and Russia for their eternity and to be the super power of the world. The rest of the countries are just battle fields for them. Everybody is being used to achieve their so called objectives/interests.

The need of the time is to understand the geopolitics of the world and to assume that who needs what.

Being the peaceful citizens of this world we should pressurize our respective governments to do whatever possible to create peace in their respective territories and eventually the world can live in peace and harmony.

So the bottom line is that we should be united in the events of happiness and sorrow. And should strongly condemn such cowardly acts in any part of the world. Regardless of being Pakistanis, Indians etc. after all we are human beings and share the same level of pain when hurt.

May Allah bless us all. (Ameen)

First of, my sympathies to those SriLankan players who are injured and may never be able to play professionally again. And also to those Pakistani policemen who died protecting, and doing their job.

Sad times.
Having said this, I really hope that our brothers across the border would come to their sense. This is NOT an attack from across the border! Quit saying this, since if we really wanted to, then we would have come after your parliament. Ok, I should not spit vitriolic words, but I am loosing faith in humanity. Who is responsible for this. NO, really , who is nurturing terrorirsts? Who is ponying up the cash load to nurture those terrorists? THINK!!

I know many Pakistanis who are stand up guys. It is sad they dont think without a religious prism.

I see several Indian comments which are nice and empathising. I only hope the Pakistanis are reading those too...

Personally though, I think India ought to build a fence around itself. We should not be doing business or politics with any nation that is run by religious fundamentalists.

Wow. Didn't know that our RAW had such an awesome reputation in Pakistan. We in India always complain that they are not professional enough and that their intelligence work is tawdry. If RAW is capable of something like Lahore , India's security is in good hands. Having said that , we don't really need to do anything like this as Pakistan is acknowledged worldwide as a failed state which is imploding on the back of hate which it has tried to farm amongst its youth to justify it's existence.

Who so ever breed and feed terrorists have become the target itself. USA raised forces under Osama Bin Laden and Taliban to fight USSR in Afghanistan but what happened on 9/11. India on there part supported Tamils in Sri Lanka initially but what happened with Rajeev Gandhi. Pakistan supported Lashkar E Toiba in Pok and Taliban but what happened with Benazir Bhutto, 03/03 attack on Sri Lankan cricket players. The thing is that Terrorism does not have any religion or faith. It cannot be defeated overnight but to minimize its impact all the nations need to have a common agenda rather than supportin extremisits for there selfish interets...

Mush would have hushed the whole incident. Thanks to pakistan democracy, though fragile, their media have more freedom to let the cat of of the bag.

I could only laugh at accusations on Indian RAW. Pakistan is known for this kind. Remember Mumbai – they said it was hindu fundamentatlist running "operation Karkare", then bangladesh hand, Ajmal Kasab not pakistani, masterminded outside pakistan in Europe and US, bla, bla, bla. They dont ever give up.

They are not tired of attempting to fool the world. Just that they are keeping several innocent civilians of pakistan to believe in the fairly tales the Government, Army and ISI want them to believe. I am glad atleast there is some freedom within Pakistani press lately. They were the ones who traced Kasab's parents and village within Pakistan. They are the ones who released the CCTV footage of 3/3 attackers walking peacfully through the lanes of Lahore's central Liberty square. If only there were shops open, they would have done some free shopping on their way to their training camps !!

This is just one more attempt to educate some genuine pakistani friends bordering our country to begin introspection within. If they choose to remain ignorant for ever, its their wish though.

The Victims : Sri Lankan Cricket Team and civilized world.
Losers : Pakistan, India and the whole world.
Winners : Terrorists ( Religious Extremist Terrorists like Al-Qieda or / and Separatist Terrorists like the LTTE )

plz stop this nonsense.... this is not the way to handle the situation.
we r blaming eachother. instead we should blame our governments who r responsible for these kind of terrorist activities. Indian government is supporting RAW and LTTE to kill innocent citizens in Sri Lanka and Pakistan...its a dam big fact. Pakistani government is supporting ISI to kill innocent citizens in INDIA.
After Marriott bomb blast,it was sure thatsomething will happen in india and two big hotels were attacked in mumbai... Lahore attacks r surely the revenge for mumbai...these r not done by Taliban or Aqaeda...
Now u will see in near future that something more serious will happen in india... very near
US and other European countries never want to see PAK n India in good relationship and so they r very successful in destablizing them...
I request governments of both countries to stop this...plz let us live in peace n harmony...

The news reports say that there was a 15-minute gunbattle between Pakistani police and the gunmen. Yet during that battle, it seems not one terrorist was injured at ALL, and all were still unscathed and able to flee. How, in heaven's name, then, did ANY of them manage to escape, let alone ALL of them? Are we to believe that policemen in the area, protecting the cricket team, had no means of chasing these perpetrators? What kind of inept police practice is that?

How can you protect a group targeted by terrorists, without having the means of chasing after them when they try to flee after an attack? How can a 15 minute "gunbattle" fail to injure at least ONE of the terrorists? Is it just that the Pakistani police are lousy aims? Or something...else?

Methinks Pakistan has more to do with aiding such groups than they want us to think. As for Zardari, this event does seem to be one which will cost him political capital, but it's entirely possible that he could still have let it proceed. He may be Benazir Bhutto's widower, but that doesn't make HIM another Benazir Bhutto. His priorities and agendas have yet to prove themselves as genuinely democratic. So far, he's done a pitiful job of proving that.

There is no way to be sure, though, but it is certainly telling that Pakistan has not tried to remove the Taliban from the SWAT valley, but has, instead, granted them legal authority to impose Shari'a law there. I don't call that combatting terrorism. I call it embracing terrorism.

Pakistan has a long history of deep involvement in terrorism. The fact that they were willing to help the coalition in Afghanistan doesn't say much about their real motives, because they were still supporting at least some terror groups within their own borders, and shielding them from our coalition, and permitting them to cross the border with impunity to carry out attacks. Even after Zardari took the presidency.

I suppose nobody has given thought to the possibility that the terrorists attacked the wrong bus. Were the buses carrying the teams from Sri Lanka and from Pakistan similar? Or labeled clearly for the team they carried? I didn't see anything like that. It is possible that, while in attacking the Sri Lankan team there was plenty to be gained by the terrorists, they might have hoped for even larger gain by killing the Pakistani team – like blaming India. And screwed up, because they attacked the wrong team.

We're supposed to believe that many of their armaments simply "failed" them, but that they were able to fend off a 15-minute gun battle and emerge from it without a scratch, and then flee with no police pursuit whatsoever. Yet we're supposed to think Pakistan had no culpability in this attack... Dohh.

But the involvement of Pakistan, particularly its enforcement authorities, is kind of hard to ignore, since it is the only thing that can explain 12 terrorists able to escape – and the video shows that some of them weren't even in a tearing hurry. Not only that, but the entire street was like a ghost town – no traffic, no pedestrians – just terrorists making a leisurely escape, because there wasn't a single law enforcement person during the whole video. I'd hardly call that "hot pursuit."

So whether they screwed up or not, they had help – from the government. If, as some say here, it was done by India, do you think the police would have sat back on its haunches and let the terrorists flee at their leisure? They'd have been after them like a fox after a goose.

Please also keep in mind that Muslims will ALWAYS defend another Muslim, no matter how inane it is to try. That's required in the faith. They are also required to lie to non-Muslims. So the common theme of "blame the victim" (which always emerges from Muslims who comment on pages like this) is hard policy for most of the world's Muslims – since no Muslim is capable of wrongdoing, you see. Therefore it must always be someone else's fault, someone who is NOT Muslim. Their propaganda, though still somewhat effective, is wearing mighty thin these days.

Pakistan is worse than a failed state; it's an obscenity. As are all Islamic States who take no stands against such regimes, and even keep silent on genocidal Islamic States, like Sudan. They may still seem credible to many ignorant people in the free world, but as the evidence mounts, it's getting harder and harder for them to foist their propaganda on us, and expect many to believe it.

Their propaganda is still able to hold over the matter of converting by the sword. Though it has been perfectly proper to do so since Muhammad did so himself, they keep spouting the line in the Quran, "there shall be no compulsion in religion." And ignorant people believe it, while no true Muslim regards that phrase as a requirement any longer. It was overwritten, erased, 1400 years ago, by Muhammad himself. WE are not supposed to know that, though. So when the Pope said they did it, they rioted and killed people, "insulted" that the Pope would demean their faith. When forced conversions are not only proper, but are ROUTINE in Islam.

So go ahead. Stay ignorant, people. The only people at risk from it are yourselves.

And as for labeling Geert Wilders' ongoing tour a "circus," isn't that kind of biased? Aren't journalists held to ANY standards any more? Mr. Wilders is merely doing the homework on Islam that the bulk of our own populations are too lazy to do themselves. READ the Quran and Hadith, and you will also learn that what Mr. Wilders fears from this faith is entirely valid. It's no "circus." He has fatwahs calling for his death; could he knowingly invite that – for entertainment? He's doing what he does because time is running out for the free world's survival. We're in denial, playing ostrich about the TRUE nature of Islam. So if you don't know what to believe, get the info you need from the horse's mouth – from Islam itself. Most people won't bother. That is why Mr. Wilders is trying to do their homework for them – and is castigated for it. A circus? Yeah, he's having great fun...

He has DONE his homework on Islam. The journalists who call his presentations a "circus" surely have NOT. But don't we know by now? It's the oil, stupid. Mr. Wilders is trying to tell us that there is something more important than "the oil, stupid." Like our lives.

Maybe we'd better start demanding a bit of objectivity from our media? Or is that too much to ask any more? And maybe someone should recognize the profound courage it took for Mr. Wilders to undertake a one-man mission of informing the public about the overwhelming threat Islam poses in our world. And it's a threat that ANYONE can verify for themselves – if they'd bother to put their denial on hold and do some REAL homework on their own. Especially if it's not enough for them to see from the mere fact that 90% of the world's violence is being conducted in the name of Islam, and whole countries are being taken over by Muslims. It's all there. You just need to find it – which is easy to do – and then acknowledge it – which is too much to ask of a cowardly populace.

I know what Mr. Wilders is trying to do, and I know he is perfectly correct – because I have done MY homework, as most of you have NOT. Until you do, you can't have an opinion; you can only have an attitude, gleaned from second-hand, and often VERY biased, sources.

Our ignorance will be our own undoing one day. The world's Muslims are relying on it. The prime directive of Islam is total, absolute, global domination by Islam, and by ANY means whatever. And they MEAN BUSINESS. Isn't it time WE did?

I propose a question for all. A new religious islam translation must be made worldwide and put under scientifical investigation. Let there be new truth of all religiosity to explain why people of Arabian Emirates or land of Oman can read the peaceful message of islam and other people can't. It's time for new Islameno and baptism of feminism.

Uptil late 1980's & till the Collapse of USSR Communism in 1989, India had been running as a socialist state, after the collapse of USSR & fearing the socialist collapse India embraced Capatalism in the 1990's just when Capatalism was about to hit its peak as we all witnessed till the late 1990's & even till the year 2007 when it nose dived towards its collapse which is imminent now. After embracing Capatalism India joined the west & the western system, its economy thrived & its war machinery gained a lot of muscle so much that it wanted to expand beyond its borders & thus it started meddling in all the neighbouring countries e.g. Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka & ofcourse Paksitan & even threatening China at times, however the ecnomic boom specially resulting given the savings they had per capita during the socialist era wasnt to last long, from a savers country india became highly indebted & now that Capatalism is on a tail spin, now in order to save itself along with its allies the Spin doctors & think tanks of the USA i.e. The Rant corp of the Pentagon has suggested "outside events" on the scale of World War or simply world war 3.

According to the research & findings of the Rant Corp, In order to survive & reflourish the ailing & failing Capatalism they have to wipe out 2/3 humanity off the face of the earth & also to get their war machinery refreshed, this is only possible thru a world war & thats what they have opted to start in Pakistan. India is & has always been an arch rival & given its growing military & economic powers it is the right ally for the zionist (israel) & the imperialist (UK & USA) to wage a war on Pakistan which in return will destroy both the countries thus atleast wiping off 1/3 of the humanity in just this region including bangladesh & srilanka.

The Plan is to declare Paksitan a failed state by orchestrating terrorist attacks on massive & audicious scale such as yesterdays & thus proving that the failed nuclear state is being taken over by the terrorists, hence a pre emptive attack from India & also from the fresh 30000 US soldiers from the western border will clash with the islamist forces & thus starting the 3rd world war.

But if Paksitan can just hold on & hold them back as much as it can then they wont have time to implement & execute their plans as their economies r crashing like a pack of cards as "thou they plan Allah also plans & he is the best of planners" (Quran).

LOL...Here we go again...Dim-wit sub-100 IQ'ed Pakistanis blaming India for the rotten state of affairs in their failed nation.
I am surprised they did not find the 'saffron bands' and the other stereotypical 'Hindu paraphernalia' on the attackers.
This is just the beginning... The baluchis have long nursed a desire for a separate nation.Heck many of the Baluchis I have met on many a sojourn feel offended on being called a Pakistani. NWFP never was and never will truly be a part of Pakistan. The muhajirs of Karachi have long been under socio-political subjugation of the Punjabi elite and wouldn't mind a state of their own. In about 2 decades or so we will see this abomination of nation wiped out for good. Oh, dont even get me started on the atrocities inflicted on the minority Shia populace ... You f-heads went to the extent of abusing a nobel prize winner's grave on account of he being 'apparently' , a ahmaddiah muslim..
Shame on all you maggots..

If RAW did this. I challenge RAW to do more of these.
But next time not Sri Lankans.. We need more of Pakis...

It is interesting to see some readers casting the blame on India and the US for the attack. The fact of the matter is this: Pakistan is an unstable country espousing state-sponsored terrorism. By denying the obvious, they are making life difficult for its innocent citizens. It is, therefore, not surprising that citizens of this country move to other nations to start life afresh. But what about those who cannot afford to emigrate?

It is time Pakistan acknowledged its inability to exist as a stable state and call on the world to reinstate its democracy.

Pakistanio pehle apne gireban pe jahko.........puri fasad ki jar toh tum khu ho.............jago re jago

This is to reply to sams comment, the balauchi freedom movement is backed by raw, the insurgency in the tribal areas is backed by raw, and as for the others they arent that significant, but if we look at the problems in india, you have so many movements by sikhs, tamils, kashmiris, etc. Why didnt anyone blame some of these elements for the 26/11 attacks. You are talking as if India is perfect and Pakistan is the country which has all the problems. The only difference between the two countries has that glamour of bollywood and money has overshadowed all the ills of the indian society. U need to get your house in order dude !

And as for u ram sena, u r just sick ! just goes to show the indian mentality

Most people posting on this blog are either completely biased or dont have clue what the problem is. Let there be no doubt in anyone's mind that Pakistan is a sovereign state, it is not Iraq nor is it Afghanistan. An attack on a nuclear nations sovereignty should not be taken slightly, even in a discussion like this.

We can either play in the hands of terrorists or use this opportunity to beat them at their own game. Show them we can live peacefully without wars and conflicts, have friendly relations between religions and have respect for each others beliefs and culture. Blaming Pakistan or going against it will not solve anything, rather it would offer Pakistan to the terrorists on a Silver Platter.

Thats what i think.

There is a problem of leadership in Pakistan.

There is a political coup happening in the most populous and powerful province of Punjab. Just four days before this devastating incident, there was a reshuffle in the high tiers of all the major relevant departments to the security of the visiting team e.g. the Police, Interior Ministry, Home Department and the like. As a result, we saw absolutely NO reinforcements for the attacked caravan, and they fought alone to their full capabilities and sincerity in defending the Sri Lankan team. Hats off to them. They were just simple policemen and not commandos as should have been if things were normal.

Our intelligentsia had word that there will be an attack on the visiting Sri Lankan team. All various departments were duly advised. But the new IGP (inspector General Police, Punjab) of controversial callibre, was not briefed of the sensitivity of the teams movements. Thus, alternately, the Police department was directed to have control of political demonstrations (in the evenings) as more of a priority than to provide security to the visiting team. Thus, the lack of reinforcements and disappointing results of the stand-off. All a mass confusion.

All our politicians should be hanged for this.

Dear Pakistani brethren,
Why this fetish to turn this in to a Hindu+Zionist vs Muslin debate?
Mind you we are 150 million strong in India too. Yes, we have had our differences, but at the end of the day, I bleed for this nation. Yes, I wept the day Babri Masjid was destroyed, but happy tears too have rolled on my face the day I saw my daughter Nusrat graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. My nation has built 7 outstanding world class IITs not mention the 6 IIMs {Indian Institute of Management}, IISc {Indian Institute of Science}, TIFR etc. What do you have?? When professors from your self-proclaimed best institute, LUMS, came here [I am a senior lecturer at a univeristy], they were shocked for good...How many institutes have you built of this pristine quality. My daughter's thesis advisor was a Hindu brahmin, and he went out of his way to push her in to the best graduate school in US for doctoral studies. {One of the mighty meccas of engineering at Boston}. She was telling me that there were some 70 odd doctoral students from IITs in her batch alone, and NOT ONE FROM PAKISTAN. Look at the stellar lights from out Qaum who have served India....2 billionaires [Aziim bhai and Yusuf Hamid], Azhar [9000 ODI runs, captained India for long], now the Pathan brothers...I mean, the list can just go on and on. The only thing you lack is ilm, which is the founding tenet of our religion. My advice: Shun this wahabi thought and embrace Sufi-Islam and you will grow and prosper like us here...From my personal experience I can tell that if you spew hatred towards Hindus (Like any other religious group), they will hit back, but if you offer a hand of friendship, then there is nothing like it. All you people need is a good dose of wisdom as doled out by Santa Shishunaala Sharif and Kabir.

I personally want to slute those police men. They really did their job. May Allah keep their souls in peace and gave them a great position in Paradise.

I want those cowards to be killed , hatched , destroyed with worst. Hell is waited for them. Silly cowards raw militants.......

Due to an embarrassment after the CCTV footage, now that Pakistan Minister has declared India to be clean, now these parasites who have spit venom against India will shut up. Pakistan is not only failed state but I know the reason behind it, a state will definitely fail if its people have already failed and thats exactly what was seen here, As it is, Pakistanis are brilliant is denying the facts and generating conspiracy theoriesm thats all what they know.

The people of Pakistan are getting fooled. One set of people are being fooled by the Jehadis and the other set of people are fooled by the Politicians. Its time to get up and face the challenge.

I appreciate that our friend Sohail spoke his mind here. Else, up until now only sufferings which our Muslim brothers and sisters faced were highlighted and hatred has been spat towards Hindus. Wish more like him could really come forward and speak.

My sympathies go out to the Pakistani brethren. I will sincerely continue to extend my sympathies to them in future as their nation (?) is torn bit by bit by their own terrorists. Pakistanis you will continue have my sympathies till you stop existing because that is whats gonna happen, A state that has its genesis in hatred will culminate and perish in hatred.
Probably nothing can save you from the demon you have yourselves created. What has happened in SWAT will gradually happen all over Pakistan and so would the killings. All you can do is just pray that your end is at least honorable and swift.

To all paki's
" Does this report above mentions RAW? press ctrl+F and go figure..
This is what the world feels about you all..
yea we are sorry for you ofcourse!

[...] CNN March 3, 2009 Who carried out Lahore cricket attack? Posted: 1957 GMT [...]

To Bilal and Imran

Within some days you will get the clear picture of the attackers behind the cricket team attack. Why are you blaming india for your countries fault?

Within few days your goverment will tell one name of the terrorist group among hundreds of that available in pakistan. Are you ashamed of this? Feeding and protecting thousands of terrorists in your own country? What are you thinking, the world is blind?

It is true that Pakistan is a safe country for terrorists.

I've several good muslim friends but you are a shame to good muslims in this world.

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I am a humble person from the UK with absolutely no religious or cultural ties. I like to think of myself a a child of this planet and I love life and I love my life. I read all the posted blogs, some with interest, some with surprise, some with shock and some with complete disgust. It all seems that you bloggers already have the answers to this tragedy and know why it happened and by whom. Why then do the Pakiatani authorities have no clue? Do you have some knowledge or wisdom that you should be passing onto the authorities?

The truth of the matter is that the only people who actually know the full story behind these atrocities are the people who organised and perpetrated them. And to my knowledge, no group has yet come forward and admitted their cowardly crime.

Having done some research, it seems that there have been terror attacks in Pakistan for a number of years and it also seems that the Pakistani authorities have yet to capture a single person dating back to 2002 and more recently the Marriott. This only leads me to believe that Pakistan does not want these people caught. Why should this be the case?

Also, there is much mention of jihad and holy wars? Look back over history and ask youselves how 9-11, Bali, Mumbai and now this have actually benefited anybody? How have their lives, the lives of their loved ones and the lives of people around them improved? The answer is that it has not. In fact, other than giving the world's media a story, nothing has changed and nothing will change. Facetiously, I ask whether Osama Bin Laden got himself a better quality cave as a result of 9-11?

Holy war? I cannot read Arabic and have never even picked up the Koran so I leave to those of you who know the book to answer me where it says in the Koran that targeting and killing innocent people is OK. My view of a 'holy' war is to see hordes of people sitting in churches, temples, mosques feverishly praying – not killing.

I am not pro India or pro Pakistan. I am not pro Christian or pro muslim but it does seem to me that as soon as there is a terror strike that happens anywhere in the world, the world's first question is which group of muslim militants carried this out? I ask you if there any credence to this. There may well be.

To those of you who have sympathy for militants, ask yourself why you hold so much distrust and hatred for your fellow human beings? Are you incapable in displaying any sort of love and compassion to the person next to you or does your religion occupy every fabric of your being to the point where you are willing to give up your life – a life which can be diverse, rich and rewarding if you only put your mind to it.

I apologise if I have offended anybody – it is not my intention. My intention is get people, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and whoever else is out there to simply look and ask themselves whether this foul hatred is doing our fragile planet any good.

I am a Pakistani and this message is for all the Pakistanis and Indians who are just talking bullshit here. Both are trying to save their own shit.

Basically the fact is that both countries are involved in cross border terrorism. And no one can admit that his country is bad or involved in such coward activities. So this debate will never end until such people exist.

Pakistan is suffering from US made Taliban and Indian sponsored terrorism. India is suffering from Pakistan sponsored terrorism and many of its fundamental fanatic organizations. Both countries can avoid such mishaps if they concentrate on their own problems rather always planning to strike the other one.

Since the ideology of India and Pakistan is different that is why the thinking pattern should be different from one another and these two nations are like railway tracks which never meet. The only thing which can bind us together is love and peace which serves like planks which join the railway tracks. So this blog could be more of a platform where we can share love and peace so that world can see that the people of the both countries like each other and they are willing to share the same values but different religions.

I hope from here on we might see responsible and matured blogging. Thanks

I still believe neither Pakistani nor Indians are involved in any of the attacks in India or Pakistan, It can only be a country who loves poking her nose into others matter by making their National Interest Issue.

Weather its Pakistan or India or any other country where terrorist attacks or military actions are being held is financed by those countries who loves poking their nose into others matter by defining it as their National Interest Issue where their own Nationals are treated as Lab Rats.

Its all about not allowing two N-Power getting closer to each other.

There is also a terrorist state who is Killing Palestinian, operating under legitimate Instruction of a country who loves poking her nose into other country's matter by defining it as their National Interest Issue.

Though I am Indian, during my stay in Africa, I made some Pakistani friends. Now I know that both in India and Pakistan, there are liberal and fundamentalist elements ; proportion may vary in both countries. Liberals in Pakistan are fighting a very difficult war at higher risk compared to liberals in India. We ( liberals of India ) shall provide whatever support they can provide to liberals of Pakistan.

I am rejecting RAW involvement in this attack. The way terrorists were allowed to run away after the attack ,I don’t think it is possible for RAW agents. If RAW is such capable enough they would have finished Dowd Ibrahim long back.

I just cannot believe that there are still some of us (Pakistanis) who are living in denial. The fact remains that Jihadi terrorists were behind this attack and behind Mumbai attacks; along with other attacks.

Quite frankly, I find it very embarassing (as a Pakistani) that there are still Pakistanis who blame all Jihadi terrorist attacks on India or Israel.

Living with the embarassment of constant turmoil and terrorism in Pakistan is one thing, but then to see Pakistanis blaming it on others...Uh!

Attacks like these destabilise the entire region and don't benefit the majority of people. However, the solutions are complex in a region where so many groups are disgruntled, radicalised and are willing to look past idealogical and geographical differences and join forces so as to create havoc. Maybe governments and intelligence agencies should attempt to beat terrorists at their game by sharing information across borders and enabling their populations to feel the tangible benefits of co-operation.

our dear Srilankan friends, we wish n pray to ALLAH that the existance of demons comes to an end soon and we live happily ever after but its a hard work n we all know who it is that is behind all this!

A lot can be written over what happened in Lahore but as humans (Muslims, Indians, Christians) we have an important part to play in order to stay peacefully in this world! we cant blame anyone. this would never stop. im a proud Muslim n a patriotic Pakistani who has some Indian friends here in Norway n they are just awesome, we discuss politics n agree with one another. it is the polititions who are to be blamed. not the civilians. Indians don't want war it is the polititions, n the same is with Pakistanis, n Americans. as i said so much can be written about this but then we have to make use of the knowledge that we gain in our everyday life. the most important thing is for Pakistanis n Indians to stay united. the polititions cant do that but the civilians can!
Pakistan and India are neighbors n we are the ones who GOT to take care of one another.
we all know that war is not the answer.. ! if we all had written some nice words instead of mentioning all the hatred for one another then the outcome would have been different. it would have brought a big change in our lives. we are all humans. its just the religions that differ but they all have the same message to convey to this world which is LOVE.
And CSI will never do something which is in Pakistan`s or India`s favor. we must remember that!

I am not at all surprised to find a few comments by some Pak people putting all the blame on India. As far as my experience calls back, India doesnt import/support terrorism. Its a victim of terrorism. I've dealt with loads of Pakistanis & Indians on separate occassions and I ended up in having a bunch of decent, well educated Indian pals, but dirty & uneducated racist Pakistani fells. Come on you guys in green, grow up to the present. This aint 18th century. Show some civilized manners.

indian is behind this attack their are the one who is supporting tamil tigers and their RAW is involve in it pakistan never blamed pakistan india but india all ways blamed pakistan.

I am glad to take note that after my comments posted above, there a are very large number of possitive comments to pin-point that our real enemies are those who have lost their path and indulged in violence and that there are many responsible people like SOHAIL, WHO HAVE BROUGHT TO LIGHT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA.
However I still believe our real enemies are those who laid the seeds of hatred here, but do not belong to this region, who exploited our simplicity, honest character,high afinity to small states in the past and divided us to rule us, like Imperialist Powers who divided this GREAT ONE NATION. Let us not forget their stooges with different 'makhotas' are still operating from within and outside our countries, who take every chance to bring differences in our cultural strengths, like our family system. LET THESE ARTIFICIAL DIVISIONS MARKED BY MAN-MADE BORDERS COME TO AN END, AND IF THAT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY POSSIBLE, LET US ATLEAST HEREAFTER SHED VIOLENCE . Let us organise a UNITED STATES OF SOUTH ASIA (USSA), and learn from what EUROPE, GERMANY has recently achieved- one currency-one STATE- and mind you this was just after fighting ONE WAR called World War-II. We in South Asia have fought 3 or four wars, and no one is a winner. The winner has been only the supplier of War Equipments, leaving our people poorer, without food and shelter. How long this sense less myhem would continue? Enough is enough.Let us choose those leaders who talk of DEVELOPMENT;GOOD EDUCATION;SHELTER FOR ALL;CLEAN WATER etc. etc. and last but not the least, who promise peace,go after the terrorists and show results. Needless to say that those who have lost their path, where ever they are need to be brought to face JUSTICE- including those who first created All-Qaida; Talibans;LET etc. etc.

After going through the above discussion, I just wanted to put my view.
Firsty, I appreciate Mr. Sohails' view. In India we have many cultures , Religions, different ethnic people, inspite of this we treat everyone as our brothers & sisters. Only in INDIA you can see Mr. ABDUL KALAM AZAD has President of India or Md. Azharuddin has captain of Indian cricket team & many more. Indian Muslims are the role models to their counterparts.
As for as Lahore attack is concerned, why would India attack ? This is not attack on PAK cricket , this is the attack on entire Indian subcontinent countries like India, Pakistan,Bangladesh & Srilanka.

Few Govt . authorities of PAK suspected that RAW is involved in this. If RAW was so much capable , then we would have shot all the intruders near the INDO-PAK border everyday.

We always wanted our neighbours also grow along with us, but very unfortunate that few believe we are Enemies.

There are many points which clearly points towards the security of players.
No. 1 – Why did PAK bus left 5 mins after SL bus – Very very unusual.
No. 2 – Why did that day they took the different route
No. 3 – Why was not even an single gunman was there in the SL BUS.
No. 4 – Out of 12 militants why was not even single got hurt & killed.
No. 5 – Why was they not chased.
No. 6 – The way Terrorists were moving in the streets of market clearly shows that they know nobody is going to come behind them.

Dear Pak friends as long as you are in denial state your future looks bleak . Now you have to fight for your survival & future, else entire region will become haven for Terrorists.

Let Humanity prevail over Religion.

I commend Mr. Sohail's comments and factual statement as to how greater heights have been achieved by 170 Million muslims in the secular state of India, almost in all fields of science, technology, sports, politics, business ,industry etc.etc. This said, it devolves more responsibility on all Indians to seek blessings of the Almighty, be very humble and work in awakening the others and help in shedding violence. HUMBLENESS is not weakness. An humble person/society is not a weak person or society, but has strength inside.

We and our Govt. in India are genuinely interested in seeing STABLE, MODERN,PROSPEROUS AND GROWING PAKISTAN. We do not want to see men and particularly women of Pakistan left behind in scientific education,growth and bereft of basic needs. People of Pakistan must believe that now atleast 170 Million Muslims live prosperously and peacefully in India and atleast for the sake of their growth and welfare not to make irresponsible statements. People of Pakistan have to choose their leaders who talk/ ensure of development, good education for all, security and shelter. Stable Pakistan is in the interest of INDIA, infact the whole of South Asia. Let the man-made WARS not cross HINDUKUSH and enter PAKISTAN. When you are at risk, you must take action against those who laid the seeds of WAR in HINDUKUSH i.e. beyond Northern Western Frontiers. People of NWFP are also your people(Pakistan), then why are you fighting against them, atleast they have a perception that you, the State of Pakistan, are hands in glove with outside forces to destroy them. Why dont you gavanise your media that you are fighting terrorists created by others in that part of your country and not the general public ? Pakistan need to take steps to geneuinely eliminate the terrorists and ask for help from India if your defence forces can't accomplish the task.How can you dispell that belief that you are not walking the talk based on the ground factual happennings? In my view, the people running the STATE of Pakistan (Including Military Generals) need immediate INTROSPECTION that their salvation lies in seeking help from INDIA, without any delay to control the menace of terror and India should also respond to save PAKISTAN. Destabilised Pakistan CAN TURN OUT TO BE BIGGER MENACE for India, because in that eventuality like the Russians, USA too would just walk away from Afghnistan and Pakistan, leaving both the countries shattered and we may have a third power, may be China doing 'BANDER BANNT" in this troubled region. HENCE IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT A CONFEDRATION OF SOUTH ASIAN NATIONS IS CREATED WITHOUT DELAY. Leadership in INDIA /PAKISTAN need to rise above petty politics and think of the impending danger

At this juncture I wish Bapu,s dreams were fulfilled and the country was not divided. Anyway TIME was against all of us, let us forget the past. In the recent times, MR. Atal Behari Vajpayee tried his best. His health is failing. I am glad to note that Mr. Musharaf has expressed his desire to meet him. THERE CAN BE NO BETTER TRIBUTE TO MR. VAJPAYEE THAN THIS GESTURE OF THE DEFEATED GENERAL- and the regret the General must be feeling of the LOST opportunity at AGRA. Any way that opportunity has also gone. Now the General is a spent force as for as Pakistan is concerned and a lot of water has flown below the bridge. Only a civil leader can now take the lead. Mr. Zardari , the PRESIDENT,has lost his Wife, Pakistan has lost Begum Bhotto, who believed in DEMOCRACY, a big loss. Mr. Zardari has an Opportunity to write the HISTORY in this part of the WORLD and Mr. NAWAJ Sharif must support him . The most important step is to shed hatred, stop preaching hatred and support the IDEA OF creation of a Confederation of all federal States in South Asia as "UNITED STATES OF SOUTH ASIA" in summary USSA. This is in the interest of everybody, including USA, now a party in the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This appears to me a solution where in no individual state shall be hurt, they would keep their individual identity, but leave matters like DEFENCE/CURRENCY/Foreign Affairs as issues administered by USSA- all other matters like education, cultural, agriculture etc can remain the subject to be administed by each Seperate State- like in USA. There will be people and other vested interests who would like to see us divided but there are always dissidents to any good idea.. May the Almighty bless wisdom to all political leaders to move towards UNITY. This is my daily prayer, because my family saw the worst horrors of partition in India in 1947. I hope I see this dream of UNITY of India come true in my lifetime.

Dear tom,
we are capable to protect our nuclear weapons from terrorists. our Government is not scared of terrorists. we are the one who are fighting terrorist in tribal region of pakistan. If we kill our own people they will turn against and will join taliban and,so taliban fighter will increase, instead of killing we are making peace treaty with them like we have done in swat valley, so people can lay-down their weapons and live in peace and can come to our side. instead of encouraging us you are making fail statements about our country. and one more thing terrorists have no religion.

I'm a PAKISTANI,,I live in lahore and i have read all the comments posted before me, i know that the first thing that comes to anyones mind in PAK is to defend our own country. But, the fact is militant groups are in Lahore right now. These groups are not made my India or anyother country. Politicians depend on these militant group for their survival and thats why they the gov is unable to get any of these organizations to justice. I have watched this gov and the situation all my life here in pak and i'm not aftaid to admit that the problem is right here in our country. LeT tried to stage a hostage situation to release Lakhvi and thats the real truth. We can help to make this situation better if every person in pakistan stops supporting these militant groups.

I lost some one close to me last month. All because she refused to marry some f$@I! idiot. she was brutally executed in the outskirts of islamabad. no one dared to go after that group who did that to her. i kept crying every day since then.
i love islam too but what they did in the name of islam is very wrong. i know that countless other women are dying right now in swat. when will we ever get enough courage to face these fanatics!. what other countries are doing to us is very small and negligible compared to what THEY have been doing to us until now. its very easy to simply put the blame on others and then forget everything. Please i beg every PAKISTANI here to stop pointing fingers on others for pety reasong and start using that energy to do something good to change the already deteoriorating situation in our own country.

My Dear Pakistani Friends,

Your numerous comments in this column only show that something is fundamentally wrong with your thinking – fanatic, not straight forward and that most of you are ignorant. Does any of you you read the papers or see the TV. They are all crying hoarse that Pakistan is a failing state, Not because of Raw nor India but because of your patronage of terrorism and because you have no democracy and you are unable to manage one and because of corruption.You have plenty of only one thing – terrorist outfits – Taliban, Al- queida, Lashkari Toiba and so on. Some of them even threaten to kill your women if they go to school, They consider women as only machines for maternity. Wonderful, isnt it ? Yet you are not worried . You only accuse India which has better work( as you may see from the condition of the economies ) than distributing terrorism.My dear friends, wake up, fight to get back your illegally dismissed Judiciary,try to keep the army in their barracks (Tall order, is it ? We hear t that hey have already issued ultimatum to poor Zardari ). Also fight for the auditing of the American funds flowing to your country. Remember nemesis is around the corner = M.S.Nair=

Haah!..It is funny how so many paki's are saying this is India's 'revenge'.. and I wont be surprised if they are the same nutheads denying any paki involvement in the mumbai attacks..this is their admission/confession of planning and supporitng the mumbai attacks!..Now look who the paki government is blaming..its one of themsleves..very nice!..shame on you pakis!

I believe there is a connection between LET and the Tamil Tigers; we have known for many years that there is dialogue, including the training of operatives and the exchange of weapons, between different national terrorist groups – the Tamils are currently enduring a series of setbacks in their attempt to set up an independent state in Northern Sri Lanka – an attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Pakistan would remind the world of the issues facing Sri Lanka in a way that could never be achieved by yet "another bomb in Colombo". One has to ask oneself what purpose does such an attack have if carried out just by LET.

So, having a destabilized country as a neighbour is something India craves? I dont see how Afghanistan or the North Western Frontier Province is exactly helping you guys prosper economically or socially.

Lets not play the blame game with such silly conclusions. The last thing India needs is an unstable neighbour.

Fix up your own mess (which is pretty apparent with the Taliban now on your capitals doorsteps.

nailed it Patricio, thank u

I have read the comments with some interest and I not at all surprised that these things go on. Especially comments from Amit and Preethy. Similar comments were made by the Bollywood actress Pretty Zenta. Do you guys have any intelligence at all.
Pakistan and India are nuclear rivals. Yes there are problems in Pakistan but so is in India. Each Indian state is fighting for independence and what about the raid on golden temple and the 1984 riots.
All of you please go and read the history books and then come back to this blog.
Yesterday’s Mujahideen are today’s Taliban. Mujahideen were the creation of USA and the West to fight USSR during their occupation of Afghanistan. They were left high and dry after USSR's exit and became so called terrorists. It was the USA that left a power vacuum in Afghanistan which created the war lords. Osama Bin Laden became a lose arrow that USA could not control.

Now as far as Pakistan and India is concerned they are both nuclear power countries. So assume India nucs Pakistan do you think Pakistan will sit there and turn the other cheek or do you think even if Pakistan does not retaliate it will not affect India or vis a vis. All of you get real.

All I can say is stop talking about matters that you people aren't aware of. Both countries need to change their foreign policies but it won't happen until countries like Israel and USA change their foreign policies.

Rather then criticizing and blaming each other unite and fight the menace.

nice, really nice!