Sharia, anyone ?

Vir Sanghvi had writen this nice article (as usual) in the Hindustan Times editorial page, regarding the sorry state of Pakistan. There was this small part about the imposition of the Sharia Law in the infamous Swat valley, and Imran Khan's comments on it.

Imran Khan (Keble College, Oxford, 1973-76) even declared that sharia law would be better because justice would be dispensed more swiftly! (I know this is politically incorrect but the Loin of the Punjab’s defence of sharia law reminded me of the famous Private Eye cover when his marriage to Jemima Goldsmith was announced. The Eye carried a picture of Khan speaking to Jemima’s father. “Can I have your daughter’s hand?” Imran was supposedly asking James Goldsmith. “Why? Has she been caught shoplifting?” Goldsmith replied. So much for sharia law.)

Ah, Sharia, how funny you are.