Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Dec. 28, 2010

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 16 Jan 2011 23:20

Uh!

So they don't have enough evidence to place the Kaffir marking on his coffin.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 16 Jan 2011 23:26

Brad Goodman wrote:Kerry Lugar aid being put to right use by TSPA

Pakistan army propaganda drama set for TV

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's Taliban-fighting soldiers are set for celebrity status with the launch of a multi-million-dollar glossy television drama hailing army victories over militants.

Emotive tales of 11 "brave Pakistanis" battling an Islamist insurgency that is plaguing Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan, will air on the small screen in an army-funded drama that casts the anti-terror fight in a positive light

I don't see how the penniless Pawkis can spend multi-million dollahs on a TV serial unless they hired Osama for a guest appearence or actually paid for some of the drones to be used on certain locations.
On the flip side, Pawkis may be talking in terms of Zimbabwe dollahs.

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 17 Jan 2011 00:42

Govt left with no option but to implement painful decisions from Feb 1

The government has plans to implement some painful economic decisions from February 1 as budget deficit has grown to unprecedented Rs 510 billion and it has decided that subsidies on power tariff, oil prices and others will be withdrawn, official sources said on Saturday.

This will be one hell of a correction! Increase in POL prices will ripple around as increase in food and transportation costs. That is if Saudis dont step in and give more free oil.

Pak economy is on the brink, we can expect some good news by the summer

Narad · Post by **Narad** » 17 Jan 2011 00:48

Pakistani protesters warn pope over blasphemy laws

"If you challenge the prophet, we will take revenge. It doesn't matter who does it," shouted a cleric on loudspeakers to thousands of cheering onlookers.

Since the shooting, hardline religious groups have held demonstrations praising suspected killer Muhammad Mumtaz Qadri -- who Pakistan's Interior Minister says confessed to the killing -- calling him a hero and a defender of Islam.
Pakistanis protest against Pope

At Friday's rally, pictures of the the suspects's smiling face adorned scores of posters and a banner that covered the length of a truck. The banner also pictured a cleric who allegedly inspired Mumtaz Qadri to assassinate Taseer. The cleric is now wanted by police.

"No doubt he was an agent," said protester Noor Ul Mustafa. "After the pope's statement it's clear where he's getting orders from."

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 17 Jan 2011 01:41

More blasphemy
http://criticalppp.com/archives/37190

Amina walked out onto the street and started shouting that Zahira had abused the Holy Prophet (pbuh).
A short while later, a group of men led by Muhammad Sameer, a member of a religious organisation keen on raising its sectarian profile, forced their way into the house and started slapping Zahira, said another of her brothers, Sohail. “Other men and women from the neighbourhood started gathering at the house too and they beat up my sister and mother. They were the only people in the house,” he said.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 17 Jan 2011 01:50

Riyaz Bhatkal got his 72+28?

shynee · Post by **shynee** » 17 Jan 2011 02:22

US moves TPS bill for Pakis

WASHINGTON – The bill of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Pakistanis living in US has been moved in House of Representatives.

Al Green of Texas introduced H.R.285 to designate Pakistan under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Pakistan to be eligible for temporary protected status (TPS) under such section.

This is second time that TPS bill was tabled in US House of Representatives; previously, its stipulated period came to an end, before the Congress gave its approval of the Bill. So, the Bill became ineffective after its due date.

Sheila Jackson, who co-sponsored legislation with Congressman Al Green in the house of representatives, said that this bill will provide opportunities of thousands of Pakistanis to go back to see their families they regret all the member of the Pakistani American whose living in USA to mobilize and act ivied their member of the congress so we will get more and more support to get this bill to pass.

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 17 Jan 2011 02:29

^^So now Paki terrorists can get phokat-ka-green card or something?

Prasad · Post by **Prasad** » 17 Jan 2011 03:53

shiv wrote:There's a bit of pisko in the US's love for Pakis and the army. Perhaps it is an evolutionary feature (acc to Dawkins) but humans tend to support and empathise with someone who they see as their own kind. The US's relationship of love and trust was built up with Ayub Khan. Just listen to the guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrHoFRzWqTI

How different were Indian leaders dealing with Unkil

I hold a gun to my head and will blow all the $hit inside of it all over your house if you dont put baksheesh in my outstretched hand. God, these guys have been doing this for decades and in polished english accent to boot !

Anujan · Post by **Anujan** » 17 Jan 2011 04:27

Raja Bose wrote:^^So now Paki terrorists can get phokat-ka-green card or something?

Not really. All it means is that if you are a paki guest who has overstayed his welcome (overstayed visa), you can stay on for a few more days because "conditions at home are not favorable for your return". These kind of things are extended to people whose countries have natural disasters/civil wars after they come to the US and are unable to return.

Ofcourse if you keep on granting extensions for decades, amnesty and a Green card becomes an automatic right hain ji?

Vivek_A · Post by **Vivek_A** » 17 Jan 2011 05:49

Raja Bose wrote:^^So now Paki terrorists can get phokat-ka-green card or something?

chances of this bill advancing through a republican controlled house are slim to none....and by slim, I mean no frikking way.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 17 Jan 2011 06:00

^^^ I agree in current climate every lawmaker wants to look anti immigrant and pro jobs for US citizens. It will be suicide to support any pro immigrants bill. This will die in the sucommitee itself and not even land on floor.

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 17 Jan 2011 06:21

Raja Bose wrote:^^So now Paki terrorists can get phokat-ka-green card or something?

The bill's purpose:

Temporary Protected Status allows aliens who do not legally qualify as refugees, but are nonetheless fleeing or reluctant to return to potentially dangerous situations, to temporarily remain in the United States.

arun · Post by **arun** » 17 Jan 2011 06:55

Paul Marshall and Nina Shea, senior fellows at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom writing in the Weekly Standard on the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s obnoxious blasphemy law:

Blasphemy in Pakistan
Moderation is now a capital offense.

Jan 24, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 18 • By NINA SHEA and PAUL MARSHALL

Over the past 30 years, under Pakistan’s laws criminalizing blasphemy against Islam, hundreds of Christians, Ahmadis, Hindus, Sikhs, and unorthodox and reformist Muslims have been tried and imprisoned by the state or killed by extremists. …………………..

While most of those accused of blasphemy in Pakistan are Muslims, non-Muslim religious minorities suffer disproportionately: Though 5 percent of the population, they are half of those accused, and the testimony of one Muslim is sufficient to convict a non-Muslim. They also suffer increasing attacks by extremists. On August 1, 2009, after a Christian was accused of burning a Koran, a mob connected to the Taliban-linked Sipah-e-Sahaba attacked Christians in Korian and Gojra: They indiscriminately killed seven Christians, six of whom (including two children) were burned alive. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan reported that police knew of the intended attack but did nothing to prevent it. And while the government has so far not executed those convicted of blasphemy, dozens of accused people have been assassinated by fanatics, even when their cases ended in acquittal. ……………….

The Weekly Standard

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 17 Jan 2011 07:18

http://cartoonbox.slate.com/hottopic/?i ... opicid=480

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 17 Jan 2011 07:23

Pakistan launches diplomatic offensive against ‘Great Game’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has initiated diplomatic offensive to ward off any probability of play of so-called ‘Great Game’ in Afghanistan in the wake of beginning of withdrawal of invading troops of the US and Nato from that country.

The 120 days starting from mid-February would be crucially important with reference to situation in and around Afghanistan as the occupying forces are mulling over acceleration in action through use of brutal munitions by creating ‘shock and awe’ like scene.

It is understood that the United States is keen to create space for an Indian role in the Afghan future scenario but the neighbouring countries of Afghanistan and major players in the war-torn country are not willing to grant such an accommodation. The countries of the region believe that any role for India could pave way for ‘great game’ in Afghanistan. Any great game would be fatal for the future of Afghanistan and the region would be consigned to burning for longer and unspecified period of time.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 17 Jan 2011 07:24

Salman Bashir likely to be Pakistan's next envoy to India

Pakistan may appoint foreign secretary Salman Bashir as its next high commissioner to India to replace current incumbent Shahid Malik, whose term is set to end in June.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 17 Jan 2011 07:34

Can anyone save Pakistan now? by Tavleen Singh

My Pakistani friends are all moderates. I have known them for more than thirty years from a time when Pakistan was another country. So marginally different to India was it then that when I first flew to Lahore from Delhi in 1980, I thought I had accidentally landed in one of our own Punjabi cities. Yes, there were prayer rooms at the airport and restrictions on bringing in duty free liquor, but they were hardly noticeable. Dinner parties in Lahore were so much like dinner parties in Delhi that it was unnerving. Liquor flowed, conversations were about politics, sub-continental affairs and the ‘superiority’ of Punjabi culture. I shared their wistfulness about how magnificent Punjab would have been if it had not been divided and it brought back childhood memories of loss that my family brought with them when they came as refugees to India in 1947.

In recent years, every time I meet my Pakistani friends, they speak with great sadness about how their country has changed and how people like them have become an endangered species. Some attempt feebly to blame everything on the Americans but most admit privately that Pakistan’s descent into venomous, violent Islamism is mostly the fault of their own leaders. Inevitably, at this point in the conversation they turn to what India can do to stop things getting worse and the conversation goes something like this, ‘India must understand that it is in India’s interests for the moderates in Pakistan to survive. This kind of radical Islam will spill across the borders. Is India not aware of this?’

Last week my fellow columnist, Sudheendra Kulkarni, made a few suggestions on this page among which the most important was that we try and find a solution in Kashmir. But will this really save Pakistan from the radical Islamist groups who lead the jihad? My own view is that it will not. The jihad has grown much bigger than Kashmir’s ‘freedom movement’. Those who lead it have stated more than once that their goal is the Islamisation of the whole of India. It is to this end that Mumbai was attacked and to this end that groups like the Indian Mujahideen are being enlisted to harm India in every way they can.

Those who believe India can play a role in saving Pakistan from radical Islam also suggest that if India stopped building roads and hospitals in Afghanistan, it would help. Pakistan sees evil designs in our peaceful efforts to help rebuild Afghanistan’s infrastructure. The people who believe India can stop Pakistan from imploding are earnest and well meaning but in my view blind and politically naïve.

The problem is not the militant groups any more nor is it Pakistan’s Generals. Things are so bad in Pakistan that if the army were still in control of the violent fanatics the ISI spawned, there would be some attempt at control. They have turned on their own masters and so are no longer strategic assets. Even if all the Islamist groups were disbanded, Pakistan would still be in danger from radical Islam because this idea of the faith has seeped into the fabric of Pakistani society. It is not just mullahs who spread the message but lawyers, policemen, judges and army officers. Pakistan is no longer the country that it used to be and those who believe that there is still a chance of India saving Pakistan by strengthening the voice of moderates are dreaming.

Suapnallah the lady is on fire and bang on target

There is not much that India can do but it can appeal to President Barack Obama to stop the war in Afghanistan. As long as it continues, Pakistanis will find someone else to blame for their problems. Once the Americans leave, they will have to confront their own demons and in this lies the only faint flicker of hope. In any case, the war in Afghanistan is a meaningless exercise because it is not the Taliban in that country who constitute the real problem but the numberless Taliban type groups in Pakistan. These groups have the support of ordinary Pakistanis because they see them as heroes in what is perceived as a just war to save Pakistan from being destroyed by the United States. When American troops leave, they may see their true colours. So stick to your 2011 deadline President Obama, it could be the only thing left to do.

Must read piece for babus in S Block and Foggy Bottom

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 17 Jan 2011 08:17

Brad Goodman wrote:Can anyone save Pakistan now? by Tavleen Singh

Must read piece for babus in S Block and Foggy Bottom

saar already being discussed in the PakFailure thread with me, SS and JEM having sent in responses to the article that have not yet been published.
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 8#p1012118

Prasad · Post by **Prasad** » 17 Jan 2011 08:39

Brad Goodman wrote:Can anyone save Pakistan now? by Tavleen Singh

There is not much that India can do but it can appeal to President Barack Obama to stop the war in Afghanistan. As long as it continues, Pakistanis will find someone else to blame for their problems. Once the Americans leave, they will have to confront their own demons and in this lies the only faint flicker of hope. In any case, the war in Afghanistan is a meaningless exercise because it is not the Taliban in that country who constitute the real problem but the numberless Taliban type groups in Pakistan. These groups have the support of ordinary Pakistanis because they see them as heroes in what is perceived as a just war to save Pakistan from being destroyed by the United States. When American troops leave, they may see their true colours. So stick to your 2011 deadline President Obama, it could be the only thing left to do.

Re: The bolded part - No. They will never introspect. Once the US goes away from Afghanistan, they will do as every BENIS mullah knows. "AK Phyrrr, RPG Phyrrr. We have defeated two superpowers onlee. We are invincible onlee. Now let us take on the lesser Satan and the evil yindoos" and turn en-masse towards us and the ISI will only be too happy to help them by sending colonels in deputation, all benefits paid. WKKs will of course claim that peace has once again returned to the land of the pure, no more terrorists are being bread by the war on terror and that India must now sit with pukistan and negotiate how to give away Kashmir so that we dont see a 'war on terror redux'. Look how bad terrorism turned when afghanistan was embroiled in war. We must not give such a chance again to the poor pakistanis who are only now seeing peace onlee. yuck!

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 17 Jan 2011 09:16

http://tribune.com.pk/story/104235/mumt ... s-brother/

RAWALPINDI: The brother of Mumtaz Qadri, the guard who assassinated Salmaan Taseer, is optimistic his brother will never be prosecuted.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 17 Jan 2011 09:20

Brad Goodman wrote:Salman Bashir likely to be Pakistan's next envoy to India

Foreign Secretary again becoming an envoy ?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 17 Jan 2011 09:47

Its either a demotion or things are so SNAFU that they need him to handle ties with India.

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 17 Jan 2011 09:51

Is it obligatory for someone to save from suicide one who would murder one?

Tavleen Singh thinks so. Fortunately it is absolutely not in India's power to save Pakistan.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 17 Jan 2011 09:52

Diasppointing to see even Tavleen Singh talk about the "moderate" Pakis BS. This from an eulogy to Tasseer on "the news"

A week before his murder, he accused India of involvement in terrorism in Balochistan and defended Pakistan’s moral support to Kashmiris.

Tavleen ought to know better about this low-life.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 17 Jan 2011 10:01

Should the US remain in Af-Pak or leave?
Multi-Billion dollah question. Biradhers please add to this summary.

A. If the US remains in Af-Pak:
1. Pakistan keeps getting Jaziya by means of Kerry-lugar bill, other random military assistance, MUNNA donations of hand-me-down used mil hardware. Without US support, Pakistan as a nation will completely sink, its elite will be lost - their days of whiskey drinking and mujra watching will be endangered.
2. The fervor for Jihad will be high: As it is it has crossed a certain critical mass. At least now the Jihadis or their sympathizers (who are like 70+% of the population have a handy target in the form of the US in the west). The US has sought to deflect attention from it and tried to reduce it and shift it elsewhere (Remember there was a bit of takleef in the media that the US has pipped traditional 'enemy' India to become the most hated in Pakistan).
3. The more the US tries to appease the mullahs, the more they get suspicious of the US. Err, BTW, the mullahs come in two varieties - the bearded ones, and non-bearded rest of the population.
4. If the US remains, and wants to take out the Jihadis - specifically the groups that target allied forces in Afghanistan, Pakistani army will be pressured to do the dirty job themselves, with the US giving out intel, and monitoring progress closely. If the Pakistani army doesn't do the job properly, Jaziya payment will get delayed, pressure points will be squeezed etc. Like I've said earlier, the US has taken over the entire spectrum of issues that have existed in the western part of pakistan, and is running the show.

B. If the US leaves:
1. If the Jihadi infrastructure is intact, the ISI and the Pak-army is intact, you can bet they will be sullen that the US has ditched them once again. Just like a woman spurned (even more a woman engaged in the world's oldest profession), they will take it badly, and will lash out at the US and the west. Not good for the west at all.
2. If the Jihadis are intact, they will declare a Hezbollah victory and claim that they have defeated yet another superpower. Please note that according to the Ghazi folklore they have already defeated the British, the Soviets, and now the Americans.
3. But the problem for Pakistanis is that if the US leaves, there is not going to be any introspection to reform the Jihadi lovin' ways. The Jihadis will take the two pronged approach of trying to liberate Kashmir, and at the same time making Pakistan more Pure, i.e. killing both Kafirs and munafiqs.
4. The religious minorities will go through hell and might well be ethnically cleansed. (My recommendation to the minorities in Pakistan - get out NOW if you can, or prepare to convert NOW. A delay might not get the brownie points that will save lives later). The elite and the upwardly mobile are trying hard to get refugee status in the western countries - most have dual citizen-ships as it is, already have shifted money to safe western banks, and might even have airline tickets at hand with bags packed up and ready to go kinda scenario.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 17 Jan 2011 10:05

ramana wrote:Its either a demotion or things are so SNAFU that they need him to handle ties with India.

Saar, I think this is a routine recycling of faces.
Ultimately the policy is micromanaged from Pindi.

Most likely a pleasure posting for the foreign secretary in Delhi - wining and dining with Indian elites.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 17 Jan 2011 10:29

Hmm, the Pakistanis seem to be most enthused by the happenings in Tunisia.
The abduls on the street made the President who ruled for 23 years, flee the country.

They hope that they will be able to do the same with Zardari.

But Zardari? The poor guy can't even move out of the President's house without pindi approving. He is scared that the ISI will take him out.

Kiyani saab, might try the civil unrest / revolution method to get rid of Zardari should he want to replace him.

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 17 Jan 2011 10:31

A. If the US remains in Af-Pak:
1. If US stays in Afg, it might so happen that Afghan army (If it exists) might get a chance to consolidate, train and re-equip itself. Once they are any semblance of a fighting force, Pakis will definitely feel the heat on western borders. After all Afghans and Pakis have no love lost for each other. We will see daily firing,bitching and encroachment incidents across Durand line.
2. As long as Unkill is in Afg, we will keep seeing return of Pak's national bird over and over again and since a laser guided missile doesn't discriminate between India-hating or Yankee-hating Terrorist, we will see few of Kashmir-loving terrorists kicking the bucket.

PS: The religious minorities are doomed in any case.

Gagan wrote:Should the US remain in Af-Pak or leave?
Multi-Billion dollah question. Biradhers please add to this summary.

A. If the US remains in Af-Pak:

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 17 Jan 2011 10:34

As it is the Afghans don't recognize the durand line. Given the opportunity, they will make the Indus the new border with Pakistan.

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 17 Jan 2011 10:39

Gagan wrote:Hmm, the Pakistanis seem to be most enthused by the happenings in Tunisia.
The abduls on the street made the President who ruled for 23 years, flee the country.

They hope that they will be able to do the same with Zardari.

But Zardari? The poor guy can't even move out of the President's house without pindi approving. He is scared that the ISI will take him out.

Kiyani saab, might try the civil unrest / revolution method to get rid of Zardari should he want to replace him.

With Taseer's assassination, PA has sent a message to all and sundry about who is the real daddy in TSP.
Zardari became el-presidente only to avoid jail term or lamp post. At least on paper, he could hide behind the presidential immunity to any criminal or civil court case forever. But then PA doesn't need to put him behind the bars to occupy the presidents palace.
Zaradari's sun roof lever can also come in the form of his own Mumtaz Qadri which PA has very successfully conveyed to him in this shadow play..
Tunisian president was lucky that he didn't had to compete with Pak Army for power or else he would have been cooling his heels in some dungeon.

Vikas · Post by **Vikas** » 17 Jan 2011 10:43

Gagan wrote:As it is the Afghans don't recognize the durand line. Given the opportunity, they will make the Indus the new border with Pakistan.

Yeah but India should have a artificial buffer state of Pakjab between Afghan and India to keep barbarians away from the gate till our leadership is strong enough to tame the whole of Afghan like Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Our natural borders should extend up to Central Asia and Iran like in the days of Ishan.

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 17 Jan 2011 10:44

Score is 18 so far in khyber region....passanger van hook toward a boundry line.

Raja Bose · Post by **Raja Bose** » 17 Jan 2011 11:19

A curious question - How is a TFTA Pakistan Elite US-trained commando named 'Mumtaz' Qadri? Isn't Mumtaz a jaahil female name, surely not something befitting a TFTA ghazi warrior like our man Qadri?

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 17 Jan 2011 11:45

An independent Baluchistan would be an ideal method for the west to have their cake and eat it,as it would be a "frontline" state aaginst Iran,a safe pathway for any ptro-pipeline from Central Asia through Afghanistan and possessing an excellent port at Gwadar.This however is where it could all come unstuck because of the Chinese strategic importance of Gwadar,from where it will have naval facilities to threaten shipping out of the Gulf,especially Indian! It is why despite US pressure,India cannot under any circumsyances forgo friendly reelations with Iran,which acts as a counter to Pak and safe passage for our oil/gas supllies.

I envisage the Paki miliatry calling for Chinese military help at some future stage when its internal security crisis hits the point of no return,threatening the very survival of the Paki state and military.This will happen when the inevitable retreat of US/NATO forces takes place.

ArmenT · Post by **ArmenT** » 17 Jan 2011 11:46

Pak won’t tolerate US ‘great game’ in region

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday made it clear to the US that it will not tolerate the latter’s ‘great game’ in the region, Geo News reported.

According to the sources at Pakistan’s Foreign Office, Pakistan has made it clear to the visiting US vice president Joe Biden that Pakistan will not tolerate US ‘great game’ in the region.

Pakis trying to save H&D here. Odd thing is that this news is reported in an English-language daily as well. Usually such news is published only in urdu papers for mango abduls consumption only.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 17 Jan 2011 11:54

Jirga episode with Saleem Safi: Topic: BB's assassination.
This one has Rashid Qureshi former ISPR spokesman.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Slp1XO6KTg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKjBxrFnFSM
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02sgiOZm0I
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJ8DqXEUIg

jamwal · Post by **jamwal** » 17 Jan 2011 12:38

Brad Goodman wrote:Man killed in apparent fall from plane in Pakistan

LAHORE, Pakistan -- A young man died after apparently falling from the wheel well of a plane as it flew out of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, Pakistani officials said Saturday.

Any momeen who makes a hizrat from citadel of islam should be declared apostay and stoned . My new sura for momeens AOA

IMHO, it must be RaakitMard. Probably ran out of pindi-chana gas

anupmisra · Post by **anupmisra** » 17 Jan 2011 17:19

Gagan wrote:Jirga episode with Saleem Safi: Topic: BB's assassination.
This one has Rashid Qureshi former ISPR spokesman.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Slp1XO6KTg
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKjBxrFnFSM
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02sgiOZm0I
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOJ8DqXEUIg

The program's moderator sounds like a paki caricature on BRF's BENIS thread.

Brad Goodman · Post by **Brad Goodman** » 17 Jan 2011 18:57

Killings of newborn babies on the rise in Pakistan

KARACHI — The lifeless bodies of two tiny babies are being given their final bath before burial in Karachi, after they were left to die in the southern Pakistani city's garbage dumps

Abortion is prohibited in Pakistan, except when the mother's life is at risk from her pregnancy, but advocates say that legalisation would reduce infanticide and save mothers from potentially fatal back-street terminations.