THERE is something wrong with Pakistan. Adviser Rahman Malik told reporters that the president and the prime minister were to have dinner at the Marriott on Saturday, when it was bombed, but the venue was changed at the last minute. However, the hotel management says that no booking had been made for any official dinner on that day.

We know that even when junior officials are scheduled to visit a place, security officials thoroughly comb every nook and corner hours before the visit. If the two top executives of the country were expected to visit the hotel, there should have been strict security in place many hours before the bomb blast.

It's frightening to think that the fate of the country is in the hands of incompetent people who say things which turn out to be false.

SHAKIR LAKHANI

Karachi