Drive to deweaponise

Vows are an integral component of the daily routine of our mindless rulers. These vows are like ‘standard operating procedures’. Every morning our PM and four CMs vow to achieve some elusive objective of which they have little clue. This could include a wide-range of falsehoods that begin with ‘vows to’ and end with ‘provide electricity’, ‘eliminate militancy‘, ‘put an end to’, ‘give exemplary punishments’, ‘deliver justice’, and more recently ‘defend the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia’. The steps being pursued have little chance of realising these vows.
There is just one recipe to eliminate militant mafias and that is to deprive them of their primary instruments of violence. No citizen, regardless of his rank or status should be allowed to possess, carry or display any weapon of any bore – licensed or otherwise. Import, sales and possession of all kinds of weapons should be banned. People should be asked to surrender all types of weapon and be compensated for. Only a well-thought-out, carefully planned and impartially but ruthlessly executed set of actions can lead to successful deweaponisation of our society. Regretfully all mafias enjoy political protection while our ‘peaceful’ parliament is itself a mini army holding 69,473 prohibited, bore weapons. A considered, committed and complete deweaponisation is mandatory for eliminating the numerous mafias and militias. Any other approach will be superficial and counterproductive.
Naeem Sadiq
Islamabad