Author: Mir, Amir

The sectarian war between Pakistan’s Shias and Sunnis is bloody and deadly. Available figures indicate that, between January 1989 and May 31, 2005 a total of 1,784 Pakistanis were killed, and another 4,279 injured in 1,866 incidents of sectarian violence and terror across the country.

Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf’s June 25-26, 2005 trip to Saudi Arabia has raised many an eye brow in Islamabad-based diplomatic circles which believe the visit was meant to seek the assistance of the Kingdom to circumvent ongoing IAEA investigations.   Reprinted with permission from