Pakistan: Bitten by snakes it reared

"Makafat-e-Amal"- the Urdu phrase means "the result or consequences of one's actions". It best describes and explains the redux of jihadist terrorism in Pakistan. The snakes Pakistan nurtured so assiduously and used for its myopic and reckless strategic agendas are now coming back to bite it. The deceit, deception and denials that Pakistan used to cover up its state support and sponsorship of the Taliban in Afghanistan is coming back to haunt it. The logic and excuse Pakistan once cited for defying the United States and the rest of the international community and for not acting against the Taliban is…