Midnight's Children

I have to commend Marvi Memon on her use of social media to get her views from the opposition bench out to the masses. That said, however, I think her post on mobilizing a Pakistani diplomatic offensive to counter India's allegations of the Pakistani origin of Mumbai terrorists reflects some desperate ranting aimed at exciting a mob, and strays far from any serious attempt to address the very serious issue of how the dynamics between the two nations are going to work in these tumultous times.

Marvi starts off by condemning all forms of terrorism in a hurried sentence, and then devotes the rest of her post on talking about how to take India head-on. I'm not sure if she has a plan on even an opinion on what she intends to do about the terrorism that she claims to condemn. In her recounting of facts, she also ignores to mention that some of the terrorists from the recent Mumbai attacks have been traced to Pakistan - as have hundreds others from past attacks all over the world. Now this doesn't mean that the government in Pakistan is harboring terrorism. However, for any of the intelligentia in Pakistan to turn a blind eye to the facts, and to continue to lash out at anybody who dares point out the right course of action, is not going to make things any better for them or the world.