The deadly attacks on military establishments in Pakistan indicate that militants have “an upper hand” over the government, a Dhaka daily said on Wednesday and added that the developments were disquieting for the South Asian region.
Pakistan's military, “long the dominant voice in the country”, needs to salvage its image, The Daily Star said in an editorial. There have been a string of terror strikes in Pakistan ever since Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was gunned down in Abbottabad city May 2 by US commandos. On Sunday night, heavily armed terrorists struck at a key naval base in Karachi and destroyed two surveillance aircraft.
The Bangladesh daily noted the “absolute inability of the Pakistani authorities to prevent the militants from operating so freely as to target the country's military establishments". "It will be easy to suggest that the Islamabad government take adequate measures to halt the drift to further chaos.
“The reality, however, is that for now the militants clearly have an upper hand. And the picture is disquieting for Pakistan and the region. Pakistanis deserve a better deal,” it added.