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What was that Zardari was saying about the war on terror being “Pakistan’s own war”? Friend and Ally Update: “Pakistan army pledges to “˜protect territorial integrity’ from U.S. incursions,” by Saeed Shah for the McClatchy Newspapers, September 13 (thanks to James): Pakistan’s army chief, responding to a series of U.S. military strikes into Pakistan’s tribal […]

An anchor man even worse than old Dan Ahmadis are heretical Muslims, and thus are under a death sentence. And when in Pakistan this became the subject of the evening news, the results were lethal. “PAKISTAN: Two persons murdered after an anchor person proposed the widespread lynching of Ahmadi sect followers,” from the Asian Human […]

The judge has ruled in favor of returning the the younger sister to her parents’ custody. But in the case of the older one, while her relatives have official documents that put her age at 13, “the court has accepted expert testimony that she is over 16 years old, and therefore capable of marrying ‘of […]

With Musharraf gone three weeks, the New Duranty Times yesterday published an article by Dexter Filkins, detailing the double game he and others in Pakistan have played for years. It is the keenest, and most useful, article on Pakistan ever to have appeared in the Times. And it should give pause to all the supporters […]

Regular readers of Jihad Watch have known for years that Musharraf and Co. were talking out of both sides of their mouths, pledging support for the war on terror on the one hand while aiding the jihadists on the other. Now direct and abundant confirmation of this comes from, of all places, The New York […]

Who will probably only funnel some — not all of it — to the Taliban. “US reimburses $365 million to Pakistan,” from the Daily Times, September 6 : WASHINGTON: The United States has reimbursed a tranche of $365 million to Pakistan from the Coalition Support Fund. Pakistani diplomats headed by Ambassador Husain Haqqani interacted with […]

Her crime? Trying to annul her marriage. If “honor killings” have “nothing to do with Islam” (so the argument goes, including below) marrying female children at age 9 is wholly based on the example of Islam’s prophet. At any rate, that this sort of thing keeps happening in Pakistan — that is, “Land of the […]

$30 billion in military and economic aid, and debt forgiveness, has been lavished by the American government on Pakistan, and on Bush’s loyal friend Musharraf — whom he not only could count on, but who of course would remain forever in power, since late 2001 alone. What have we gotten for that money? And before […]

Perhaps after years of Pakistani double-dealing, the U.S. military is finally realizing it’s best to rely on itself in the war on terror. “Pakistan: US responsible for deadly attack, says military official,” from AKI, September 4 : (AKI) – American forces were responsible for Wednesday’s deadly raid on a suspected Taliban haven near the Afghan […]

So far, unfortunately, they appear to be right. “Pakistan: Elderly Christian killed in axe murder,” from Compass Direct News, September 4: ISTANBUL, September 4 (Compass Direct News) — Four Pakistani Muslims killed an elderly woman with an axe over a dispute with her husband, who has been unable to prosecute them due to his low […]