Le Monde

Religious extremists versus liberal extremists

I remember a bumper sticker that read: "We have the best politicians money can buy!"

How appropriate.

People who have lived in Pakistan will tell you that politics and political parties are the domain of the privileged class who have not necessarily made their money the hard - and legal - way.

Flamboyance and loose mouths have always claimed lives in a country where the majority lives below the poverty line and where almost 40 per cent of the people depend on aid and extra help.

If you want to become famous, throw massive parties - and all the better when it is all paid for by the state and from the poor taxpayers' money .

The bigwigs know how to wine and dine, but have no time for the wretched masses whose mouths are still open and in want of their next meal.

If you were worried about the escalating fuel prices you would never hear any complaints from the children of the governors, minions and sycophants who have helped