{"id":618,"date":"2013-11-15T00:33:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/15\/why-pakistan-lionizes-its-tormenters\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:26:42","slug":"why-pakistan-lionizes-its-tormenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2013\/11\/15\/why-pakistan-lionizes-its-tormenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Pakistan Lionizes Its Tormenters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>See on <a style=\"font-weight:bold;font-size:16px\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/4011020806\/2013\/11\/14\/why-pakistan-lionizes-its-tormenters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/4011020806\/2013\/11\/14\/why-pakistan-lionizes-its-tormenters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/V_w5YLkZvO_1JECt8Wa05zl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><\/a><br \/>Hakimullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader killed by an American drone this month, has been transformed from a mass murderer into a martyr. But that\u2019s how Pakistan works.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/m.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/newsdesk\/2013\/11\/taliban-mullah-fazlullah-why-pakistan-lionizes-its-tormenters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See on m.newyorker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See on Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; LibertiesHakimullah Mehsud, a Taliban leader killed by an American drone this month, has been transformed from a mass murderer into a martyr. But that\u2019s how Pakistan works.See on m.newyorker.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1079,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/03\/04\/fresh-evidence-of-cia-civilian-deaths-in-pakistan\/","url_meta":{"origin":618,"position":0},"title":"Fresh evidence of CIA civilian deaths in Pakistan revealed: TBIJ","author":"aslam","date":"March 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesTwo new investigations confirm ongoing CIA civilian deaths in Pakistan. \u00a0Via thebureauinvestigates.com","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":998,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/06\/10\/divided-families-urge-india-pakistan-to-leave\/","url_meta":{"origin":618,"position":1},"title":"Divided families urge India, Pakistan to leave Kashmir \u2013 The Express Tribune","author":"aslam","date":"June 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties Hundre\u00adds of Kashmi\u00adris stage an emotio\u00adnal demons\u00adtratio\u00adn, ask India, Pakist\u00adan to withdr\u00adaw troops.See on tribune.com.pk","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":435,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2014\/09\/14\/aib-when-india-spoke-to-pakistan\/","url_meta":{"origin":618,"position":2},"title":"AIB: When India Spoke to\u2026","author":"aslam","date":"September 14, 2014","format":"video","excerpt":"AIB: When India Spoke to Pakistan(Source: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/)","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/FwC1cSIsl8A\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1521,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/07\/30\/pakistan-escalates-its-internet-censorship\/","url_meta":{"origin":618,"position":3},"title":"Pakistan escalates its internet censorship &#8211; 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