That would certainly explain Islamabad’s unwillingness to go after the Haqqanis, and their intense display of indignation when Secretary of Defense Panetta criticized them for it. Pakistan appears to be approaching a point where it has overextended itself in its double game, losing control to the jihadist groups it has attempted to leverage toward its […]
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Human Rights Commission of Pakistan: Government inaction enables and emboldens “sectarian militant groups”
Groups that are technically banned, they observe, not only roam free, but do so armed. Funny how that keeps happening. “Human rights commission blames govt inaction for anti-Shia violence,” by Anita Joshua for The Hindu, September 21 (thanks to Twostellas): Outraged by the targeted killing of 29 Shia pilgrims in Balochistan on Tuesday, the Human […]
Pakistan: Islamic supremacists attack seven women with acid in two days — one “deserved for her face to be ruined because she had not covered her head”
Woman with head uncovered: sin. Destroying that woman’s life and seriously injuring her by spraying acid in her face because her head is uncovered: not a sin. “Acid attacks: 7 women burned in two days,” by Shamsul Islam in the Express Tribune, September 18 (thanks to all who sent this in): FAISALABAD: A total of […]
Pakistani Taliban: “We will target funeral processions and wedding ceremonies of those who support the U.S.”
The jihadis in Pakistan are relentless in their determination to make everyone too terrified to oppose them. After all, Muhammad said, “I have been made victorious through terror” (Bukhari 4.52.220) “Pakistani Taliban vow to attack weddings and funerals of their enemies,” by Nasir Habib for CNN, September 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): […]
U.S. ambassador to Pakistan: “There is evidence linking the Haqqani Network to the Pakistan government. This is something that must stop.”
The Pakistanis were not happy when the Secretary of Defense criticized their failure to take on the Haqqani network. They really won’t like this, an exceptionally frank allegation from the ambassador. “U.S. links Pakistan to group it blames for Kabul attack,” by Qasim Nauman for Reuters, September 17: Islamabad (Reuters) – The United States accused […]
Pakistan resumes attempted whitewash of minority affairs minister’s assassination
No one was buying it before. No one is buying it now. The Bishop of Islamabad has called the most recent police statement “absurd.” Briefly, Pakistani authorities had at least seemed to be trying to look busy, but they are simply moving the plot along in their revised version of the circumstances of Shahbaz Bhatti’s […]
Pakistan dodges listing in Secretary of State’s “Countries of Particular Concern” for religious freedom, Saudi Arabia dodges sanctions
Just one question: Why? “Pakistan Passes Obama’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Test””After Sentencing Christian to Death,” by Terrence P. Jeffrey for CNS News, September 16: (CNSNews.com) – Pakistan, which has issued a death sentence to a Christian mother of five for allegedly blaspheming the prophet Mohammed, and which regularly prosecutes Christians for allegedly blaspheming Islam, has passed […]
Pakistan: Asia Bibi, sentenced to death for blasphemy, did not have an attorney; court “under the obvious pressure of Islamic extremists”
We have not had an update on Asia Bibi in a while, but she remains in a Pakistani prison, unjustly sentenced to death for blasphemy charges brought in retribution for her defending her Christian beliefs and refusing to convert to Islam. The law is inherently abusive, and only lends itself to further abuses. Barack Obama […]
CIA strike nets another al-Qaeda boss in Pakistan
No word on whether he qualifies as the umpteenth “No. 3” of al-Qaeda to be neutralized, or if that unlucky number has just been retired. The standard expressions of indignation from Pakistan are almost certainly forthcoming. “US officials: Al-Qaida ops chief killed by CIA,” by Kimberly Dozier for the Associated Press, September 15: WASHINGTON (AP) […]
Pakistan: Muslim strangles his niece on suspicion she had illicit relations with Christian
It is no accident or coincidence that Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” […]