No proper system to detect extremists in pakistan's security forces
Documents, obtained by The Associated Press, highlight the danger of extremist infiltration into the security forces of Pakistan, like its Nuclear weapons possessing Army.
There is no psychological or personality test, or any other method to check on the background of personnel.
US officials have long worried about the loyalty of Pakistan’s security forces, especially the powerful army have participated in attacks in recent years.
In 2009, 10 men in military uniforms, who were reportedly led by a former army soldier, attacked army headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The process that preceded Qadri’s assignment to the US-trained Elite Force used to protect high-ranking officials and target terrorists indicates how dysfunctional law enforcement agencies are in detecting extremists.
Pakistan’s security forces are notoriously corrupt and lacking in resources, and hiring and firing often is determined by political influence.
“The army is an extension of society, so what happens in society affects the army,” said army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas, a clear admission by a General that pakistan Army is now infested with radicalized Islamist recruit, of the kind that carried out the September 11 bombing of the World Trade Centre in USA.
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