No wonder. “Pak kept in dark till last minute on Osama operation,” from Express India, May 2 (thanks to Jaladhi): Pakistan was kept in dark till the operation to kill Osama bin Laden was successfully accomplished inside the country close to the capital Islamabad, the US officials said. After the four helicopters carrying US special […]
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Former Pakistan Prez says OBL killing violated Pakistani sovereignty
Just in case any of you still thought Pakistan was on our side. “Musharraf: Bin Laden mission violated Pakistan,” by Ashish Kumar Sen for The Washington Times, May 2: Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday accused the U.S. of violating his country”s sovereignty by sending in special forces to kill Osama bin Laden. “American […]
Hiding bin Laden: Finger of suspicion at Pakistan’s spy service
No surprise here for anyone who has been watching Pakistan’s double game over the last few years. “Hiding bin Laden: Finger of suspicion at ISI,” by Chidanand Rajghatta for TNN, May 2: WASHINGTON: Just hours after American Navy Seals shot dead Osama bin Laden in a compound in Pakistan on Sunday, US President Barack Obama […]
Pakistan: Police break up Muslim rally threatening to burn church over rumors of Qur’an-burning
And the Western response to this madness is to call for restrictions on the freedom of expression, instead of calling these people out for their violent irrationality. “Police break up Muslim rally threatening to burn church in eastern Pakistan, say officials,” from The Associated Press, April 30: LAHORE, Pakistan “” Officials say police have broken […]
Pakistan: Muslims continue to brutalize Christians — young woman raped, pastor attacked
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Anti-Christian violence in Punjab, young woman raped, Protestant pastor attacked,” from AsiaNews, April 28 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Lahore (AsiaNews/Agencies) — Anti-Christian violence continues in Pakistan, after Easter was celebrated in memory of Shahbaz Bhatti, the country”s Minority Affairs minister assassinated in March. Yesterday, an extremist group ambushed a Protestant […]
Pakistan: Christians arrested on false Qur’an-burning charges, released, then rearrested “to avert further violence”
Police said they had no other option but to rearrest them — for otherwise, Muslims would run amok and murder even more innocent people. “Pakistani Christians Held After Blasphemy Riots,” by Success Kanayo Uchime for AllVoices, April 26: It has been reported that two Christians from Punjab, Pakistan are in protective custody after blasphemy accusations […]
U.S. military classified Pakistan’s spy service as al-Qaeda associate
This is, mind you, a Pakistani government agency. Pakistani Double Game Update: “Guantanamo documents name Pakistan ISI as al Qaeda associate,” by Chris Allbritton for Reuters, April 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD (Reuters) — The U.S. military classified Pakistan’s top spy agency as a terrorist support entity in 2007 and used […]
Bridge for sale: Pakistan’s army chief says his forces have broken the jihadists’ “backbone”
In November 2009, Pakistan’s foreign minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said that the Taliban is being routed along the Afghanistan border. “The operation so far has been very successful,” he revealed. “The resistance that we were expecting initially did not come with the same swiftness we were expecting.” AP reported that “Pakistan’s armed forces hope […]
Pakistani Christians celebrate Easter quietly: “If we celebrate it with a fanfare, we fear somebody might get annoyed and attack us”
Somebody! Maybe militant Rotarians. Dhimmis — primarily Jews and Christians under the “protection” of the Islamic state — are “forbidden to…recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.5(6)). “Low-key Easter preparations for Pakistan’s Christians,” by Kamran Haider for Reuters, April 24: GOJRA, Pakistan (Reuters) – […]
Pakistan’s Christians: “You live with fear. You can’t express yourself.”
An ever-deteriorating situation for Christians in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. “In the ‘Rome of Pakistan,’ Christians say they fear speaking out, worry about the future,” by Nahal Toosi for The Associated Press, April 22: KHUSHPUR, Pakistan “” A church bell, not a mosque loudspeaker, calls people to prayer along the dung-lined streets and inside […]