I read with dismay that a member of the Pakistani government has been gunned down in cold blood for suggesting a change to a law in his country, a task which you would have thought was in his job description. If this is all sounding a bit odd then you'd be right, the law in question protects magical super-beings who are simultaneously all powerful and yet apparently can't cope with a cosmically insignificant speck of carbon based life asking questions; some people call it "blasphemy". For those who are unaware of such things this law means that whilst in Pakistan you are not allowed to criticise the religion of peace and submission, or they'll kill you.
Sounds like a good reason not to visit.
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