The dreariness of a Karachi slum is broken by a portrait of Benazir Bhutto, who was a self-styled fighter for the poor
In recent weeks, Pakistan, one of the world's most dangerous countries, has been further shaken by, of all people, a bus driver, a ski-lift operator and a gym rat. On June 28 Pakistani paramilitary forces chased militants led by Mangal Bagh, who used to drive a bus, from the fringes of Peshawar, a key transit point for supplies for U.S. and NATO forces fighting the Taliban insurgency in neighboring Afghanistan. While the operation was nominally successful Bagh and his men were driven from the area and his compound was blown up the militant leader was back on...
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