ISLAMABAD: The Fluttering Flag of Jehad, a new book by Pakistani journalist Amir Mir who works for DNA, has hit the stands, saying that seven years after the 9/11 terror attacks that shook the entire world, Pakistan, despite being an ally in the US-led war on terror in all those years, still reverberates with the call of jihad.
Published by the Mashaal Books, the 310-page book states the flag of militant Islam keeps fluttering high across Pakistan, with extremist jehadis literally marching on the state.
The book takes off with the tragic assassination of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and raises the pertinent question as to who actually orchestrated her murder, and why?
The writer then states that Benazir herself was convinced that the most serious attempt on her life, carried out on Oct 18, 2007 on her welcome rally in Karachi, could not have been possible without the consent of president Pervez Musharraf. And she had herself stated in so many words that the General should be held responsible if she is killed.
On November 13, 2007, hardly a few weeks before her murder, Bhutto told the writer in a one-on-one meeting in Lahore that the Karachi suicide attack could not have been possible without Musharraf’s nod and the connivance of the intelligence agencies.
The writer states although there was a Pakistani decision to align with the West after the 9/11 attacks and to cut ties with the Islamic militants in Afghanistan and in Kashmir, the truth is that the infrastructure of terrorism built during the last two decades has not been allowed to be dismantled.
This has happened due to continued domination of the all-powerful intelligence establishment and also because of the use of terrorism as an instrument of foreign policy which has not been abandoned by the establishment despite repeated promises.
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