Read the full article by Nadeem F Paracha from DAWN - Pakistan's leading English daily. I'm an Indian but I really admire the kind of writing that this columnist does in Pakistan. He's pretty secular and tears apart the fanatics in his country with his pen. Do read the article in full...
Likely he'll end up as dead as the Ahmadi's and Sufi's who were recently murdered to make way for a purely Sunni Pakistan.
I do pray for his life. He has been at it for the past few years, trying to bring some rationality into Pakistanis. Luckily he has survived so far. Wish him luck.
It's sometimes difficult for me to imagine just how much terrorism there is in Pakistan. Much of it goes unreported, but here are reported incidents just for the month of June. 2010.06.30 Four factory workers are killed when sectarian Jihadis toss a grenade under their car. 2010.06.28 Four civilians are murdered in separate sectarian attacks. 2010.06.28 Four local soldiers are murdered in a Taliban ambush. 2010.06.23 Two lovers are gunned down in an honor killing. 2010.06.22 Seven security personnel are slain in two Taliban ambushes. 2010.06.21 Two Shia brothers are shot dead by a Sunni terrorist outfit. 2010.06.21 Sectarian Jihadis fire on a group of brothers, killing one. 2010.06.20 Five members of a family are exterminated in their own home by Muslim gunmen. 2010.06.20 Pakistanis fire across the border into India, killing two porters. 2010.06.20 Two recruits are killed when Fedayeen storm a police training camp. 2010.06.20 Two women are executed by the Taliban for committing adultery. 2010.06.19 A passerby is killed when Jihadi bombers target a police vehicle. 2010.06.18 Six local soldiers are abducted and executed in captivity by Sunni fundamentalists. 2010.06.17 A civilian is abducted by the Taliban and brutally beheaded. 2010.06.17 A Shia doctor is among two people shot to death in sectarian attacks. 2010.06.15 Two members of a peace committee are cut down by religious extremists while returning home. 2010.06.14 An elderly man is among two people shot to death in separate sectarian attacks. 2010.06.14 A Christian professor is badly beaten by his students for refusing to embrace Islam. 2010.06.14 Two police officers are killed when Islamic militants ambush them with grenades and gunfire. 2010.06.13 A member of a peace committee is shot full of holes by local Taliban. 2010.06.13 A married couple and their young son are murdered by her strict Muslim family for marrying for love. 2010.06.13 A videotape is released showing the slaughter of a humanitarian worker in captivity. 2010.06.12 Sunni and Shia exchange targeted assassinations. 2010.06.12 Two tribesmen are kidnapped and murdered by Islamic fundamentalists. 2010.06.11 Sunni assassins shoot a Shia father to death on his way to work. 2010.06.10 Islamists are suspected of bombing a Navy office, leaving one dead. 2010.06.09 Two local soldiers are killed by a Taliban ambush. 2010.06.09 A Shia is shot to death by sectarian rivals. 2010.06.08 Four drivers are burned to death when Mujahideen set fire to a supply convoy. 2010.06.08 Religious fanatics storm a police checkpoint, killing six officers. 2010.06.08 A Hindu trader is shot to death by Muslim kidnappers. 2010.06.05 Two passersby are killed in a shootout between rival Islamist groups. 2010.06.04 A civilian is captured by the Taliban and shot to death. 2010.06.04 An elderly man is beheaded by Religion of Peace zealots. 2010.06.03 A pastor and his pregnant wife are brutally assaulted by angry Muslims accusing them of evangelism. 2010.06.03 A man murders his sister and her lover for having 'illicit relations'. 2010.06.01 A woman and her new husband are murdered by her former in-laws in an honor killing. 2010.06.01 Three civilians are gunned down by Taliban militants. 2010.06.01 A Shia is brutally shot to death in a sectarian attack.
I doubt that, a person who gets fame in a short while, usually ends up outside Pakistan like UK, he can't dare to live when people/extremists pelt stones on him/his family/house
It's like a race. He has to race to get asylum as fast as he can before they manage to kill him. Of course, to keep the race interesting many nations won't grant him asylum until he has proof that they are trying to kill him.
Actually he hasn't asked for asylum at all from any western or other nation. That's brave. Here are some of his other noteworthy coloumns that I loved reading: The Reactionary Republic Whiplash Science ends here Frayed ends of sanity (a brilliant blog on the recent terror attack on the Ahmadiyas)