Across much of the North-West Frontier Province—around a fifth of Pakistan—women have now been forced to wear the burqa, music has been silenced, barbershops are forbidden to shave beards, and over 140 girls’ schools have been blown up or burned down. In the provincial capital of Peshawar, a significant proportion of the city’s elite, along with its musicians, have now decamped to the relatively safe and tolerant confines of Lahore and Karachi.
Descent into chaos
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Afghanistan · Ahmed Rashid · Asif Ali Zardari · Pakistan · Taliban
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