THIS so-called `progressive` segment of society has a lot to answer. For too long have they been proponents of adopting `war on terror` as our own war. Much blood has spilled since then. They are the very same people who propounded the idea of launching a military operation in North Waziristan.
We have witnessed horrific attacks such as the Wagah border blast and now the Peshawar massacre. They now call for an integrated strategy with the civilian leadership playing its part as well.
In a display of sheer disregard for Islamic principles, they even supported the moratorium on the death penalty, and many of them now want public hangings.
In effect our secular and liberal intelligentsia has morphed into a bigoted breed that has little tolerance for anyone with a counter narrative.