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The Raymond Davis case continues to dominate headlines and news discussions. What began as a terrible tragedy has turned into a ball of confusion thanks to a media that values headlines more than justice. But media conspiracy theories aside, the greater question that should be asked is what the term 'justice' actually means in our country today.
We must be careful that we are not playing a double game with law and order in the country and using the Raymond Davis case as a way to take out our frustrations with the Americans while we let terrorists stalk the streets. In the Raymond Davis case we should hold judgment until the facts have been made clear and allow the law to run its course (http://new-pakistan. com/2011/01/29/let-the-law-run-its-course/). But the law should also be allowed to run its course for Mumtaz Qadri and Qari Saifullah Akhtar.
Punjab government spokesman Pervez Rashid said that the authorities would "ensure that the killers of Pakistanis are dealt in accordance with the law of the land." When terrorists seem to have more rights than honest citizens (http://new-pakistan. com/2010/ 06/29/why-do-terrorists-have-more-legal-rights-than-honest-citizens/), we might be forgiven for not understanding exactly what that means.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2011

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