Adil Najam

LATEST DEVELOPMENT: Following a gun-battle early morning on Sunday that left three of teh hostages and foru terrorists dead, teh remaining 25 hostages have been freed. Details, from The News:

Operation against terrorists in GHQ has entered into last stages and 25 hostages have been freed. According to sources, 25 hostages have been freed, three hostages were martyred and four terrorists were killed after successful operation in GHQ. According to DG ISPR, Athar Abbas, operation against terrorist was launched early today at 6 am. “After the successful operation 25 hostages have safely been freed, while four terrorists were killed.” A terrorist was wearing suicide jacket to blow himself up causing maximum damage in case of operation, Athar Abbas added. Meanwhile clearance operation in the Head Quarter is continuing.

Owais Mughal and Adil Najam

(Readers Beware: This post includes gruesome pictures of murdered Pakistanis, the weak of nerves are warned).

When will this madness stop?

Look at the photo below and tell us your blood does not boil at this murder of Pakistanis. If you are a parent, like we are, you too will scream out in pain. Even if you are not, you cannot be human without seeing this and crying out in pain. Maybe, even in anger.

Adil Najam

Important: The Bill below is now the most recent version – S.1707 of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, as passed by Both House and Senate. It was passed by the Senate on Sep. 24, 2009 and the House on Sep. 30, 2009. As indicated in the earlier version of this post, we had earlier posted the original Senate Bill – S 962 ES, as passed the Senate June 24, 2009.

This version reflects the changes made in the House and Senate as the Bill made its way through the process. The basic framework is the same but important changes were made in the language in various places. A good faith effort has been made to reproduce what we believe is the latest version in its complete form, as a public service.