Terror infrastructure
Sir,
In a recently
concluded seminar the GOC 16 corps has minced no
words in saying that the terror infrastructure is
completely intact in Pakistan. His words should
be taken as a statement which endorses the
apprehensions of the defence forces about the
terror infrastructure across the border. It is
important here to assign a credible value to the
assertions of the security forces. They are at
the forefront of the war on terror and thus they
have a first hand information about the terror
activities across the border.
In an ideal
situation there should have been a matching
response from the politicians across the board so
that the polity and the security mechanism in a
harmonious way could wage a struggle against
terror and eventually come out victories. But
unfortunately it is not so. Some political
parties in order to address to their vote banks
are pulling this sacred mission to pieces. With
election time nearing these political parties are
engaging themselves in a competitive politics
that will harm the interests of the State and the
country. Recently what we witnessed at Pugwash
conference in Pakistan is a grim pointer towards
this direction. A grassroot political party which
has a sizable presence in the state since
independence even is prepared to welcome a
solution better than autonomy that they have been
projecting since long. On the other hand another
political party is ready for double currency and
open borders. These parties little realise or
wilfully so decline to realise that open borders
and free trade is possible with a country which
is free from terror infrastructure and which has
a history of peace and brotherhood. How can we
think of embarking upon such steps with a country
where thousands of militants are waiting to cross
over and engage in killing innocent people here.
The war on terror
is won when there is complete synergy among the
political parties of the State. But when some
established parties are pulling in different
direction how can war on terror be won. Ponder
please.
Yours etc...
Hira Lal Bhat
Tomal, Bohri
Jammu
Insuring employees
Sir,
A couple of years
ago the Government had taken a very important
decision to get its employees insured with a
renowed company. The medical insurance scheme was
launched with much fanfare but only after a year
or so the scheme became different and could not
be extended further.
The medical
insurance scheme had evoked a good response from
the employees and in these hard times employees
feet that atleast in the event of exigency when
they would need large sums of money for treatment
the mediclaim insurance policy would be of some
help to them. In this regard it is pertinent to
say that mediclaim policy needs to be restarted
for the employees on the simple plea that there
is an urgent need to provide succor to the
thousands of employees who feel that the pinch of
rising cost of treatment for the dependents.
It is no secret
that at present with highrate of inflation and
escalating costs the employees cannot provide
better medical treatment to their dependents.
Hence it is important that the Government takes
steps so that medical insurance is again started.
In this the JK Bank can play a crucial role.
The bank is
already one of the premier banks of the country.
The Government should use the vast financial
clout of the bank so as to explore the means of
covering employees under medical insurance.
Yours etc...
Rameshwar Singh
Nagrota
Cyber crimes
Sir,
A news report was
published in this paper (May 5) wherein it was
reported that additional amount of Rs.
28 cr. has been allotted to the State for
modernization of police force. This is a welcome
move by the Government. Being a computer
professional I would like to make some
suggestions to help the cause in the context of
cyber cells of the police department. Sir, cyber
crimes are no alien to State as the State has
witnessed couple of high profile porn CD scandals
for which the department had to take the
assistance of cyber cells of other states which
eventually delayed investigation and complicated
proceedings. Residents of this State have also
been made victim of highly modernized internet
based crimes; incidences of the one such crime
namely internet lottery scam, were reported in
both winter and summer capitals of the State
wherein a youth from R S Pura, Jammu and a
Chartered Accountant from Hyderpora, Srinagar,
were cheated to the tune of Rs. one lakh each.
With greater
exposure of digital technology to common man and
rapidly increasing number of internet users in
the State, especially teenagers, occurrence of
such incidences is bound to increase. It probably
is the right time to take some important steps in
this regard. Being unaware of the present status
of the cyber cells, I feel that there is a strong
need to acquire advanced hardware and software
tools required to track down the cyber criminals
and collect substantial evidences to prove them
guilty in the court of law. It is also important
to make sure that the officers working in the
cyber cell are trained professionals and have
expertise in important areas like cyber law, data
recovery and digital forensics. These steps would
probably ensure that our police are well equipped
to handle and solve cyber crimes and minimal
involvement of external agencies.
Yours etc...
Bharat B. Bhagat
SKUAST-J R S Pura
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