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David Ignatius says in the Washington Post that even while protesting against these attacks, the Pakistani government has made a deal with the U.S. to allow them to continue. Is Zardari is trying to continue the double game that Pakistan has been playing for years? One wonders if anyone in Washington has taken notice of […]

The cleric probably figured that if Muhammad could marry a six-year-old (and consummate the marriage when she was nine), what could be wrong with this? “Police halt wedding of boy, seven, to girl aged five,” from The Guardian, October 31 (thanks to all who sent this in): Police have halted a wedding between a seven-year-old […]

But what is the alternative when mounting evidence indicates that the Pakistanis are double-dealing, and sometimes pre-warning the terrorists. Friend and Ally Update. “Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador over missile strikes,” from China View, October 29 (thanks to Dionysios): ISLAMABAD, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — Pakistani foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the United States ambassador to Pakistan […]

That’s right: “Honor killing” as a defense, in yet another study in moral standards and priorities. “Another ‘honor killing’: 17-year-old Pakistani girl murdered,” by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews, October 2: Islamabad (AsiaNews) – Another honor killing against a girl in Pakistan: the murder took place in the district of Khairpur, in the southern province of […]

An update on this story. “Pakistan: Girl’s account re-opens custody fight for sisters,” from Compass Direct News, October 24: ISTANBUL, Turkey, October 24 (Compass Direct News) — Lawyers for two underage Christian sisters who were kidnapped plan to renew a custody fight for the older girl, a 13-year-old allegedly coerced into marrying her captor, based […]

As we all celebrate this minor victory (it seems almost weekly now that an “al-Qaeda #” from country X is slain) we should also ponder this far more reaching question: will the slaying of individual terrorists — be they Zawahiri or bin Laden — have any real effects on the long term goals of the […]

John VI Cantacuzenes Alert from AP, October 19 (thanks to Eleytheria ´H Thanatos): China has won new friends in Pakistan with its pledge to build two nuclear power plants in the energy-starved nation just weeks after rival India signed an atomic deal with the United States…. While Qureshi gave few details, enhanced cooperation with China […]

The school had closed months ago, but that apparently wasn’t enough. From Compass Direct News, October 14: ISTANBUL, October 14 (Compass Direct News) — Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run girls” school in Pakistan’s war-torn Swat Valley as part of a larger effort to subvert women’s status in society through Islamic law, locals say. On Wednesday […]

Not that this should come as a surprise. “Taliban ‘infiltrating Pakistan cities’,” by Bruce Loudon for the Australian, October 14: Fears over the “Talibanisation” of Pakistan’s major urban centres rose sharply yesterday after a warning from one of the country’s most powerful leaders that 400,000 militants had infiltrated Karachi, the teeming port city vital to […]

Another enraged mob set off by a rumor. “A Christian man and his daughter arrested, almost lynched for blasphemy,” by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews, October 13: Chak Jhumra (AsiaNews) — A Christian man, Gulsher Masih, and his daughter Sandal have been charged with blasphemy under Article 295 B of the Pakistan Penal Code for allegedly […]