THE TERROR TRAIL

Last night a bombing attack destroyed the Pearl Continental Hotel—located in a high security zone and Peshawer’s only five star hotel. Before that the ISI ‘s provincial headquarters in Lahore had been bombed and in between there was the suicide bombing of the Police Rescue 15 building in Islamabad and a bloody attack on a mosque in Dir. On the streets of Karachi political infighting between two factions of a political party led to over 40 killings in drive-by shooting incidents. There were media reports of targeted killings in Baluchistan. A political confrontation between the major parties seems to be raising its head....