mr. bhatti lost his life. to you, paul marshal, are you encouraged by the words of our secretary of state or the united states needs to do more than talk? >> both. i am encouraged and the u.s. needs to do more than talk. i think the administration generally has been very quiet about the persecution of religious minorities, especially christians. reluctant even to mention the fact christians willing killed in iraq. i think secretary clinton's statement is a state forward acknowledging what is happening. now it remains to be seen what they do. if it stays at words, then tas huge disappointment. it is just wind. if they begin to act. if they raise the issues with the government pakistan, with the government iraq, if they look to specific protections from the christian communities in iraq, that is an important step. >> okay. paul marshal, stay in d.c. gary in egypt and we have more to talk. when we come back our own gary lane is in cairo and tremendous changes, and talk about the implications for what this means f

mr. bhatti, on his way to work, was murdered. mr. bhatti was a man committed to peace and multi-faith reconciliation. will let right hon. friend send through the high commission our condolences to the cast -- the pakistani government and to his family, and will the restate our belief that there's no place for that kind of action anywhere in a democratic world? >> i think my hon. friend speaks for the whole house wheand i am sure the whole country. it was absolutely shocking to hear the news this morning about that minister, who was a christian minister in pakistan, being killed in that way, absolutely brutal and unacceptable. it shows what a huge problem we have in our world with intolerance, and what my hon. friend says is absolutely right. i will send not only our condolences, but are clearest possible message to the government and people of pakistan that that is simply unacceptable. >> two weeks ago, the prime minister gave the house some figures to criticize the flexible new deal. i thought they sounded a bit odd so i asked the li

mr. bhatti's funeral was today. ambassador munter and other members of the embassy staff attended. >> just to follow up, as far as mr. davis case was concerned, yesterday he appeared in the court and pakistanis are now saying that they will bring murder charges against him unless u.s. swapped with the doctor that -- aafia that have been held here. i mean, where does this case will continue now and -- as far as the relations are concerned, according to my colleague, and as far as this -- what they are saying, swapping with the -- one of the pakistani nationals held here? >> okay. i mean, as we explained yesterday, there are court proceedings that are continuing. we look forward to a march 14th high court hearing and we hope that this -- we continue to work with the government of pakistan and hope to resolve this as quickly as we can. >> same issue. >> david. >> it follows, then, that you don't believe that the pakistan government did enough to protect bhatti? >> again, i'm not going to comment on his security. as the