The next day, a report appeared in the Dawn newspaper that should have rung alarm bells in the international community. The story said:
‘Senior investigation officers said they had not ruled out the possibility that the bomber was an FC man. The investigators detained an FC man on duty and a private security guard posted at the office’s gate. An official said it was premature to say anything about the bomber’s identity, but the possibility that he was a serving or ex-member of the paramilitary force could not be ruled out. Another top security official said if it was established that the attacker belonged to the FC, it might change the entire dynamics of not just the investigation, but the counter-terror operation.’
This wasn’t the first incident that suggests jihadist infiltration of the FC—the FC personnel guarding the building came from the same unit that was attacked by a TTP suicide bomber in April last year, an attack that claimed the lives of at least eight FC members.
This all raises the prospect of the FC becoming the jihadists’ passport to acquiring access to Pakistani nukes. The FC, which consists almost entirely of Pashtuns recruited in North West Frontier Province, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the Pashtun majority areas of Balochistan, is showing itself to be a leaky bucket, with the loyalties of recruits, especially in the tribal belt, regularly open to question.
The implications of all this are particularly troubling for India. The case of David Coleman Headley, a US citizen arrested in Chicago over claims he was planning terror attacks against India, has shed light on the potential dangers.
During the course of his interrogation it has been reported that he reconnoitered several Indian nuclear installations across several states. This is all the more troubling because his main handler in Pakistan, according to the US Department of Justice, was Islamic militant Ilyas Kashmiri, reportedly a former commando in the SSG. And among the critical sites in Pakistan that the SSG is tasked with guarding are its nuclear installations.
The implication of the transfer of skills and knowledge speaks for itself. Indian and Western policymakers should take note.
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Tahira
FC are part of paramillitry forces like police and rangers their job is policing the borders outpost during peace. Its due to the shortage of Police that they have called in the cities to reinforce security setup in the present scenario. They are equivallent to Indian BSF(Border security force). Do indians take a risk of employing BSF to guard their even civillian nuclear facilities. The answer is no, Pakistan has established a strategic force dedicated to protect its nuc arseanal. It would be better that facts should be checked before allowing such false stories are allowed to be published.
Jessy
Just the usual anti-Pakistan mumbo jumbo without merit by a so called “Indian expert”. I had hopes of expecting better from The-Diplomat but I guess they settled for sub-standard, flashy-without-merit, sensationalist pseudo-journalism.
Alas, I now have to right off this site as another recycling plant for invalid facts, half truths, and right out lies.
Truth Never Dies. One thing you can expect, and that is, the U.S.A is not a dead nation, its a nation taking a nap right now, but its not a dead nation, so do not think for a second your lies will stand a chance when the American Jury gets to work.
Guilty of spreading lies.
Nasir
At one place it’s mentioned that the Pakistan Army uses FC units to guard nuclear installation and at an other point it is stated that SSG is responsible for security of Pakistani nuclear installations. Which statement is true?