The first thing that can be done by the Pakistan government is to ensure that they provide support to other nations that are fighting terrorism in their country. This will be the first step that will be used as a stepping stone to eliminate and at the same time suppress terrorism that has been the major reason towards the fail of security and increased political instability in this region. Then in what ways are the citizens and the government be of help?

Then, the Pakistan government can provide relevant information on the operational bases of the terrorists. Of course the government is aware of the different camps of the Taliban, secretariat, and al-Qaeda among other terrorists that are scattered all over Pakistan. Through giving relevant information about the terrorists, it will be pretty easy for the governments such as the US, Europe among other nations that are assisting in fighting terrorism in Pakistan to eliminate terrorists. The government should also ensure that they take close surveillance and watch for any terrorism activities. The citizens should also give information on any suspected incidence or activities of the terrorists.

The only way to ensure that the government is taking the necessary steps and that the nation is heading to prosperity is to fight all the leaders that have taken part in making the government fall. The corrupt leaders, those who supported terrorism, and those who were involved in other scandals that led to insecurity, economic crises, and social stratification should be arrested and get sued in the court of law. New and additional administration posts should be built. Renovations should be made on the government administration. New candidates should be elected to power and the whole governing body should be restructured. The best will be achieved if a constitution can be drafted so that the laws of the country are restated in a better way to safeguard the rights of the citizens.

The next thing that the Pakistan government needs to do is to come up with ways to ensure that the economic status of the country is boosted. First, the factories, industrial sectors, and cooperatives that had been closed down should once again be reopened. Modern facilities for production should be used in the manufacturing sectors. The government should inject more funds for the purpose of making investments within the country. Investors worldwide should be welcomed to run businesses within Pakistan and improve its economy. Means of transport should also be improved to ensure that commodities get easily transported from one part of the country to the other.

The government should not be ashamed of asking for loans and donations from other nations. The donations obtained would be of great importance in assisting the economy of the country grow. Education will be the key to success. New institutions at all learning levels should be started. The ones that are there currently should be assisted to grow. That way, people will be civilized, learn new ways of making an investment, lean of political tolerance, and boost the state of the country.

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West Ham is in need of a new mosque because of a lack of worshipping space for Muslims, religious leaders say. Tabilighi Jama'at, the Islamic group hoping to build a new facility in Canning Road, said it acted on a comprehensive study of the borough before submitting its plans.

The controversial proposals have finally been validated by Newham Council planners. The 6.3 hectare site will contain a mosque that is expected to treble the 2 to 3,000 of worshippers currently able to attend the temporary site every week. The group has also promised to include a library, dining hall, and sports pitches and a visitors' centre, all for the community.

A spokesman for the group's trustees said: "The centre currently provides much needed worship space but the current temporary outbuildings have been outgrown. There is a considerable shortage of worshipping facilities within Newham and surrounding boroughs."

He said a "comprehensive needs study" into the current and future worshipping needs of the Muslim community was carried out by Ecorys, a European research consultancy. He added: "Based on the findings of a severe shortfall in demand, an appropriate proposal was then commissioned by the trustees to effectively deal with the requirements of the Newham residents."

The group's intention to reach out to all residents has been made following accusations that Tabilghi Jama'at are isolationist and sexist. They have survived an attempt by Newham Council to remove them from the site, successfully appealing an enforcement notice served in 2010.

Former Newham Cllr Alan Craig, now co-ordinator of the Mega Mosque No Thanks campaign, said they will analyse the plans once they are made public.

He said: "Tablighi Jamaat is a fundamentalist sect that is hostile to all non-Muslim society, so they shouldn’t be allowed to build this huge platform to promote their divisive antisocial ideology.

"Further, they have a track record of deliberately creating Islamic enclaves around their mosques – which is what they've done for instance in the streets around their large mosque in the Savile Town area of Dewsbury, east Yorkshire.

"We will analyse the plans when they are published to see exactly what impact they will have on the neighbourhood and the borough."

Newham Recorder, 27 September 2012

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Two months back, an Afghan soldier shot dead four French soldiers deployed in Afghanistan to train them.  The unarmed victims got killed at the spot that made former French president to cry out and rush to Afghanistan and announce immediate drawdown.

If this entire incident is understood in the local dialect, it says: the French government says good bye to training and UN mandate and does not want poke its nose in others affairs. Now France is creating a great brouhaha over the killing of a few soldiers. The soldiers are there to fight. If they kill others, they win appreciation and if others kill them, why is there hue and cry? The entire French Government is making a noise over the death of just a few soldiers. Where is the NATO alliance and where is the terror war commitment?

The soldiers are soldiers no matter which country they belong to. This is a good parameter that if their soldiers die, they start lamentation and express grief, and if not one or two, but a dozen of Pakistan troops die, or rather killed, everyone assumes silence. They completely tighten their lips as if nothing has happened. This double standard has become a lesson for us to learn for both the Pakistani public as well as the rulers.

Following the 9/11, we jumped into the others’ war over nothing. Everyone was declared a member of either Al-Qa’ida or the Taliban. Our Army was unleashed by the United States and the west on our own people. The rest of the job was done by the drone attacks. Soon our soldiers were unsafe. Not one, but countless of them embraced martyrdom. The international community has never appreciated our sacrifices in terms of compensation.  The US and other western nations continued berating Pakistan and insulting Pakistani nation. Then US deliberately killed 24 soldiers at Salala Check Post and there never came any apology.

Now see the condition of the public. There is shortage of electricity, gas and food items in Pakistan. The US provided aid and there is no denial. But it was just a peanut as compared to what Pakistan lost in terms of money, resources and lives. Most of the aid was paid back to the US trainers, US companies to purchase weapons to fight terror war and to repair roads left destroyed by the NATO containers. Now that the Parliament is there in place in Pakistan to decide about NATO supply and new tariffs, the US papers and officials are balking over the demand, saying that it is extortion. How is it extortion when Pakistan demands just transit fee for using roads and areas for last eleven years. No country came to rescue Pakistan during last four years when it suffered the worst suicide attacks and economic downturn.

However, we are very naïve people, for “we are expecting fidelity from those, who do not know its meaning”.

When you are overawed by somebody, and accept his supremacy, then what is justice and what is fairness. The recent measures taken by France should open our eyes. They have awakened over the death of only four soldiers. We should rather speak face to face to the US officials that we have rendered sacrifices more than 100 times than theirs and not for ourselves but for the US public to save them from Islamic extremism and Al-Qa’ida. They are not a threat to us. They are only a threat to the US and the US public. At least, 40,000 Pakistan lives perished for US public demand some sort of respect and honor,not insults from Panetta and other his cohorts.

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