What a dispiriting day for Pakistan. Another one, that is. Another full day of rioting and looting and rumours. The army saying they can’t interfere in every little issue in Pakistan (not that they don’t otherwise, maybe the rioters were careful to avoid the army’s extensive property portfolio). Then the assassination of Sami-ul-Haq striking abject terror into my heart – and we will see how the death of that man of international mischief plays out over the coming days and weeks. And finally, guttingly, the government giving in. Shameful, shameful, shameful. I want to withdraw from the world, forthwith.
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