Editorial
Spurious Pak media report
Shifting blame doesn't help
ALTHOUGH it has appeared in one prominent newspaper of Pakistan quoting an unknown intelligence source, we cannot but take exception to the apparent attempt by some quarters in Pakistan to link Bangladesh with the November 2008 Mumbai attack.
It is surprising that when official sources in that country have claimed that the investigation is being conducted with the utmost secrecy by its agencies, this 'news' has found its way out, and that too only to a single newspaper.
We feel that this sort shifting blame is quite a new phenomenon. While we are used to seeing trading of blame between India and Pakistan whenever it came to acts of terrorism, this is the first time where attempt has been made to involve a third country in the matter.
We strongly deplore, and take exception to, the attempt to shift the blame onto Bangladesh. This we consider not only an irresponsible act but also a malicious attempt to vitiate the relationship between Bangladesh and India.
It is common knowledge that Pakistan has not been very effective in controlling terror on its soil. And events in Pakistan give one the impression that the non-state actors are increasingly playing a dominant role in that country.
One hopes that with a scrupulous investigation truth will be revealed. This is important for all of us in South Asia but most of all for Pakistan if the scourge of terrorism, that is ever increasing in its pervasiveness in some parts of the region, has to be tackled successfully.
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