Pakistan : Terrorist Wahabi Islamic Rep Pakistan 6

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[url="http://www.dailypioneer.com/309039/The-tragedy-of-Salman-Taseer.html"]The tragedy of Salman Taseer[/url]

Ashok Malik

Despite all his compromise with Pakistan's bazaar intellectualism it took one commonsensical statement for an Islamist to kill him

Depending on which military strongman comes to rule it and when, Pakistan may or may not become a stable state at some stage in the next five or 10 years. Yet, can it ever become a stable nation, at least one in the conceivable future? A stable nation is built of a middle class that has a stake in it, defines and constructs it in its image, and creates civic spaces to nurture freedom of personal thought and choice. Savaged by the brutalisation of two Afghan wars, both of which injected toxic doses of Islamism into its bloodstream, Pakistan’s nation-building project is all but dead. Even if it one day defeats Islamist terrorism, it cannot seriously hope to survive as anything but an Islamist society. That is the poignant truth Salman Taseer has taken to his grave.