Madam, - David Doyle (June 20th) presents a stereotype of Pakistan, commonly found among those who mistake media headlines for history.
Minister Ijaz ul-Haque has made it clear that his comment on suicide bombing was taken out of context and misreported.
The knighthood conferred on the author of The Satanic Versescannot go down well among Muslims. It is time to heal wounds, not to reopen old ones, or to inflict new ones. For its part Pakistan remains firmly committed to fighting terrorism of all shades and forms, towards which end we have done more than any other country in the world. - Yours, etc,
ZEHRA AKBARI, Minister, Embassy of Pakistan, Dublin 4.