The making of an Islamic Jack the Ripper: Hafiz Muhammad Sarwar is a notorious serial killer of women, but--unlike Jack--there's no doubt at all about his identity. In fact, he's a free man who thinks women should be secluded. Abbas Zaidi tells a disturbing tale about the underbelly of politics in Pakistan.

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The making of an Islamic Jack the Ripper: Hafiz Muhammad Sarwar is a notorious serial killer of women, but--unlike Jack--there's no doubt at all about his identity. In fact, he's a free man who thinks women should be secluded. Abbas Zaidi tells a disturbing tale about the underbelly of politics in Pakistan.

When, on the morning of 21 February 2007, a bearded man walked up to a woman and asked 'Why aren't you wearing proper Islamic dress?' he was not looking for an answer. It was just a rhetorical question because, before the woman could respond, he had pumped a bullet into her head which killed her.

The woman--dressed so traditionally that only her face was visible--was Zill-e-Huma, who at the time was addressing a public meeting in her capacity as Social Welfare Minister of Pakistan's largest pro...

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