Was Pahalgam attack done in ‘retaliation’ for Jaffar Express hijacking?

medium120583281The targeted killing of 28 innocent tourists by four suspected Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir is bound to cause a dark shadow over regional peace and stability. For Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir, escalation with India was perhaps the only option left to stem the rising tide of domestic anger against him and the army as an institution for foisting a regime that lacks legitimacy. As the levers of control on the internal security front remain f