
The unprecedented attack in Pakistan's normally peaceful Himalayan
region is spotlighting the conspicuous increase in violence throughout
the country; just weeks after a new civilian government took office
vowing to quell militancy. The Himalayas Range in northern Pakistan
offers five the highest peaks for the amazing climb in the world. Its
peaks are a magnet for experienced mountaineers, often from Europe.
President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and
Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Syed Mehdi Shah promptly condemned the
attack in an area of the far-flung north not previously associated with
violence that plagues other parts of the country. In this regard Nawaz
said, "Such acts of cruelty and inhumanity would not be tolerated and
every effort would be made to make Pakistan a safe place for tourists.”
Notably, Diamer-Bhasha Dam is also under-construction on the River
Indus nearer to tourists’ killing area of Gilgit-Baltistan. Its
foundation stone was laid by Former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of
Pakistan on 18 October 2011 and will be completed after 12 years. The
dam site is situated near a place called "Bhasha" in Gilgit-Baltistan's
Diamer District, hence the name. It will produce 4,500 megawatts of
electricity; (ii) store an extra 8,500,000 acre feet (10.5 km3) of
water; (iii) extend the life of Tarbela Dam located downstream by 35
years; and last but not the least will help in controlling the flood
damage in the downstream of Indus River.
Anyhow, the attackers’ objectives could be to jeopardize future
foreign expeditions by mountaineers, spoiling Pak-China relationship,
stopping investors from investing money in an unsafe country and create
panic in the Chinese engineers working on Diamer-Bahasha Dam Project.
Thus, the stated objectives very clearly indicate that same hands are
behind tourists killing who are suspects against attacks in Mardan,
Ziarat, Peshawar, Quetta and Karachi. We can also make out from the
ongoing militancy that, CIA, RAW, Mossad Afghan Intelligence Agencies
and MI-6 have zoned out Pakistan into their area of operations into
North, North West and West. These foreign agencies are funding militant
organization to spread sectarianism, separation of Balochistan, promote
anarchy and political instability. Moreover, their obvious intentions
are to portray Pakistan as an insecure nation and unsafe country and we
can unquestionably recognize them as U.S., India and Britain. We as
nation instead roaring on past should come on same page to defeat
foreign agenda and militancy for the peaceful and bright future.