BabyBhutto Zardari
...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet...
, the patron-in-chief of the Pakistain Peoples Party, on Saturday slammed the Taliban for trying to drag the country back to the "stone-age."
Addressing a gathering during the closing ceremony of a two-week cultural festival in his home province of Sindh, Bhutto also urged the country to rise up against the threats.
"The Taliban want to impose the law of terror in the country, but I want to tell them, if you have to live in Pakistain you will have to follow its constitution," he said.
"We don't accept the law of terrorists," he added. "Some people are trying to bring back the stone-age era in the country in the name of Islam."
"The forces of Evil should think of the time when the whole nation will stand against them," he said in Makli, around 100 kilometres north of Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
"We are Mohammedans and the terrorist groups should not try to teach us Islam."
Nearly 7,000 people have been killed in the insurgency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) since it began in 2007, according to an AFP tally.
The start of 2014 has seen a surge in Death Eater violence with more than 130 people killed.
Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
's government has been under fire from political opponents for failing to mount a strong response to the upsurge in attacks.
The government has for months said it favoured talks with the Taliban but 25-year-old Bilawal has spoken in favour of military action against them.
The Taliban's demands include the nationwide imposition of sharia law and an end to US drone strikes.