Dianavan, you're right of course. As far as i know the Pakistani people have never removed any government through an election. I suppose it's driven through pragmatism however distasteful that is. Why is it that India, which has existed just a little longer manages to maintain a reasonable democracy (ok it's not perfect but what is?) whereas Pakistan is in an unholy mess. The answer is in the question.

This is what happenned this week

A Pakistani man and a woman were tied to a tree and stoned to death by their families after they were suspected of having an affair outside of marriage. The couple, from the village of Donga Bonga in Bahawalnagar district in southern Punjab, apparently pleaded their innocence but died in an "honour killing" at the weekend in a hail of bricks.

Elahi Hussain, a divorcee in her forties, had angered her family by allegedly conducting an affair with a fellow villager, Hafiz Shah, 45. Eventually the couple were tied to a tree and subjected to ten minutes of stoning before they died. Two of the woman's brothers have been arrested and two other suspects are being sought.