Operation Silence has left many unanswered questions: Pak daily

Pakistan Armys Operation Silence against the inhabitants of the Lal Masjid has left many unanswered questions, according to a local daily.

Islamabad, July 18 : Pakistan Army's Operation Silence against the inhabitants of the Lal Masjid has left many unanswered questions, according to a local daily.

Sindhi newspaper 'Kawish' has written in a report that many lives ended with the completion of the "extreme action" against the rebels holed up in the mosque. The government gave an excuse of the presence of foreign fighters inside the Lal Masjid, but how the weapons made their way inside it? asked the daily.

"Had state institutions been efficient, there would have been no need for such an operation. At the same time, it was a result of 'rigidness' of one group, and the strategic failure of the other," the paper added.

Journalists were not allowed to cover "Operation Silence", and were also barred from visiting hospitals where injured civilians and security personnel were brought.

This created doubts whether the government was hiding something, the daily wrote.

Kawish asked the government to make the state institutions efficient and make the public aware of the Lal Masjid operation to clarify the ambiguity that had spread after media was barred from its coverage.

ANI