Pakistan: The voices of reason must not be silenced by fear
The news that Salman Taseer, the powerful governor of Pakistan’s most populous province, had been gunned down by his own security guard for standing up against the country’s draconian blasphemy laws, came as a bleak reminder of political fissures that divide the country.
By Sadiq Khan | The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 12 January 2011 at 2:53 pm
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