Shemrez Tumbling

Retired Army general being interviewed on Al Jazeera right now, through a translator: “I’d like to state that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces… once the Council is convened in the absence of the president (Mubarak)… it is a clear and strong indication that he is no longer president… The president’s position is now vacant.”

via shortformblog via inothernews

The Government of Pakistan, its electronic media and its people, have been captivated by the case of one Raymond Allen Davis, an ‘American’ allegedly using a pseudonym and a ‘diplomatic passport’ to come to Pakistan and shoot two Pakistanis in Lahore in broad daylight. The incident happened apparently in self-defense, and in addition to conspiracy-prone Pakistani society, a few questions remained unanswered which led to more and more sensationalism, and concealment of important facts.