Pakistan keener on some honours than others

Why the Pakistani Religious Affairs Minister was so upset about the Rushdie knighthood is beyond me. After all, as this Pakistani news report shows, The Queen was bold in also honouring a Palestinian in her Birthday Honours list.

The report says:

Peter Sallis, the voice of Wallace, the Palestine man in the Wallace and Gromit films, has been appointed an OBE for services to drama

Hmm. Our colleague and spotter-in-chief Hugo Rifkind, says:

I think they mean "plasticine". Not exactly a freudian slip, but something pretty close.

Murad Ahmed

Comments

[John A Harwood]

Rushdie:where please did one vote no?