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Pakistani minister thanks Taliban for not bombing

By AP News Tue, Dec 06, 2011 5:30PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior minister thanked the country’s Taliban militant movement Tuesday for not staging attacks during this year’s Shiite ritual of Ashoura, a remark likely to draw criticism as the country grapples with how to subdue the extremists.The Pakistani Taliban and other Sunni extremist groups have frequently bombed Shiite processions during Ashoura. The...

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Video of the Day: Rehman Malik on the cause of Karachi’s violence

By Ahsan Butt Thu, Jul 14, 2011 3:48AM UTC View Comments

Apparently the men of Karachi are so terrible that their wives and girlfriends are having them killed by the dozen. Watch from 1:00 in (via @shahidsaeed). Remember that this is our Interior Minister. He has a real job (protecting the citizens of Pakistan) with real responsibilities. I’ll make a deal with the PPP right now:...

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World Cup’s final test: Do we know how to deal with defeat?

By Bala Murali Krishna Fri, Apr 01, 2011 10:03PM UTC View Comments

India supporters cheer before the start of the Cricket World Cup semifinal match between Pakistan and India in Mohali, India, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Pic: AP.

Almost everything that needs to be written about the World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka has been written − from Sachin Tendulkar’s dream of adding the most important piece of silver missing in his collection, to Muthiah Muralitharan riding triumphant into the sunset. The key word, of course, is almost. Otherwise I could...

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Rehman Malik should not give quotes to newspapers

By Ahsan Butt Thu, Jan 06, 2011 3:26PM UTC View Comments

I should probably cover my mouth more often. Photo:AP.

I’m sorry, I should be in bed right now, but I know I won’t be able to sleep because of what I just read. Please check this tidbit out from the NYT: Government ministers and party officials indicated that they were dropping the campaign to change the blasphemy laws that Mr. Taseer had championed. No...

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