Pakistan’s Establishment Versus Dissenters: UK Begins Historical Trial

The trial in London is going to be watched with some trepidation from Islamabad, & huge hope by overseas Pakistanis.

By: DR TARA KARTHA

This is for those who like to curl up with an Agatha Christie or Edgar Allan Poe at bedtime, except that the murderer is known from the start, which is rather a spoiler. But it’s set in foreign parts, and there are mysterious deaths, not to mention another prospective victim, who was set upon, but survived to tell the tale.

This is about Ahmed Waqass Goraya, a blogger and rights activist, and others like him, who defied the Pakistani state and had to flee for their lives. The trial of his would-be murderer began in London this week, and it is a historic one, since it will decide whether British justice will prevail or British insecurity.