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...underbelly in the cities, Pakistanis everywhere are grimly bracing for more violence - and pondering their country's prospects. "I have scrapped the lecture I was going to give tomorrow," says art professor Hashmi. "Instead, I am going to just present images to my students. One set will show the Pakistan that these terrorists want. The other will show the type of Pakistan that has been. I'll ask, 'What was Pakistan?' and 'What is Pakistan...
...says a police commando, who declined to be named. The police sniper struck down one of the attackers, while the last one blew himself up. The dried fruits found in the militants' backpacks suggested they had prepared for a protracted siege, possibly involving hostages as in Mumbai. (Read "Why Pakistan Must Widen Its Hunt for Militant Bases...
...entirely unexpected," laments Salima Hashmi, an artist, professor of art, and lifelong Lahori. "We can no longer say that it's just the northwest part of Pakistan [under attack]. This is now also about Punjab, one surmises. A second chapter in the development of militancy in Pakistan has opened." More forcefully than ever before, the past 10 days have raised urgency about the threat that Pakistan's heartlands face from within. "This is not something that we can blame on other forces," adds Hashmi. "It has been fostered by our internal politics and strategy...
...city of Kohat, killing three police officers and eight civilians. Shortly after the Lahore violence was over, another car bomb exploded in the northwestern border city of Peshawar, killing a 6-year-old boy and wounded nine others, mainly women and children. Security is being beefed up in Karachi, Pakistan's financial capital and biggest city - and the only one to have so far remained immune from the latest wave of terrorist attacks. (Read "How a U.S. Aid Package to Pakistan Could Threaten Zardari...
...photos: "Pakistan's Vulnerable North-West Passage...