Pakistan's Dangerous Slide to Extremism
While a recent protest will eventually recede from memory, its implications will be far reaching and long lasting.
Adam Weinstein is a researcher who focuses on South Asia and Iran. Michael Kugelman is deputy director with the Asia Program and senior associate for South Asia at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Image: Members of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan far right Islamist political party shout slogans during a sit-in in Rawalpindi, Pakistan November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz