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** Iran Murdering Pakistanis: 'They Were Slaughtered Like Sheep. If We Stay Silent Now, It Means We Are Sheep Too.' ([link removed])
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by Kaswar Klasra • April 20, 2025 at 5:00 am
* Pakistanis are asking why these terrorists, these enemies of peace, continue to find shelter inside Iran. For years, groups like the BNA and its sibling, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), have launched attacks...
* Behind the scenes, officials acknowledge the seriousness of the moment. There is discussion not just about diplomacy, but about deterrence.
* The Iranian regime, meanwhile, remains cagey. Their official statement condemned the attack but offered little detail about any arrests or investigations.
* The international community has remained muted. Western governments — so quick to condemn terrorism elsewhere — have yet to speak out. There have been no statements from the UN.
* In Islamabad, the Foreign Office is reportedly considering a range of responses, from diplomatic measures to more direct action.... Among cabinet members, there is now open debate: What is the cost of silence? What is the risk of restraint?

On April 12, eight Pakistani migrant laborers in Iran were murdered in their sleep by the "Baloch Nationalist Army" terrorist organization. And Iran's regime, days later, still has no answers, no arrests, no accountability. Pictured: Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan, on February 25, 2020. (Photo by Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD — The workshop was nothing more than a room carved out of metal and concrete. A few oil drums, rusted toolboxes, and eight tattered mattresses stood lined up against the wall. These were not barracks or hideouts—just a makeshift dormitory for eight Pakistani laborers who had crossed into Iran looking for honest work. That night, they were exhausted after working through the day repairing broken-down trucks in the remote Iranian village of Haiz Abad. They had no enemies, no weapons — just calloused hands and quiet dreams of returning home with enough money to feed their families. But as they slept on April 12, darkness brought something other than rest.

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by Amir Taheri • April 20, 2025 at 4:00 am
* However, the first feature of Trumpianism may be its focus on concrete issues rather than intellectual abstractions; issues such as rising crime, illegal immigration, growing poverty, political correctness, unfair trade, and discrimination in the name of fighting discrimination.
* The second feature is its conviction that politics is the art of doing things rather than talking about what needs to be done.
* Trumpism leans towards taking the bull by the horns when it comes to issues that concern the average citizens, whom Hillary Clinton labeled "deplorables", rather than analyzing those issues out of existence in elite jargon and fake humanitarianism.

However, the first feature of Trumpianism may be its focus on concrete issues rather than intellectual abstractions; issues such as rising crime, illegal immigration, growing poverty, political correctness, unfair trade, and discrimination in the name of fighting discrimination. Pictured: US President Donald Trump meets with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, April 14, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

It was barely a month ago when TV watchers across the globe saw a show in which new US president Donald Trump treated visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as one of those voodoo dolls made for pushing needles into, thus dodging a curse.

After the show, TV talking heads speculated that, having come to the White House dressed as a rock star rather than a statesman, Zelensky had angered Trump and thus deserved what he got.

Last week, however, Trump hosted another young man dressed as a rock star rather than a statesman, this time with obvious warmth and decorum.

The lucky one was El Salvador's 37-year-old President Nayib Bukele.

Why such a difference in treating two foreign heads of state?

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