Perhaps transcending all else, but not given so much importance, was the fact that Lahore experienced a hailstorm. Not just any winter rains, you understand, but a real hailstorm. Admittedly, the hail was very small, and that too even before it melted, which was quite quickly, and very quickly in individual cases. And if you held the hail, (or rather one or two samples) in your hot little hand (as the exemplars of the younger generation that I have at home, did), it really disappeared very quickly. Just as much as the US and Pakistan governments hoped that Raymond Davis would disappear. Well, with Davis in custody, there have been other disappearances, like bomb blasts. Like Drone attacks. Of course, American apologists say that Drone attacks have stopped because no one in the USA wants to upset American public opinion, but if that is the case, are we to understand that the Americans can turn off Drone attacks like a tap? If not, how come in happier, pre-Davis, times, every visiting American dignitary got a Drone attack in his honour, apart from what seemed to be a compulsory medal. Of course, the Presidency gave the medal, and the CIA the Drone attack, but Senator John Kerry was in town, and not only did he not get a medal or a Drone attack, but he didnt even get Davis. That seems to be a small price to pay, for others are paying a higher price. Like Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who lost his Ministry, and Fauzia Wahab, who lost the Information Secretaryship of the PPP. Of course, the President didnt lose anything, which he cant, being immune, even though he was the one who probably told Ms Wahab to hold the press conference which means that she will still get an American visa, even if she is no longer PPP Information Secretary. Meanwhile, Raymond Davis celebrated Valentines Day in jail with his wife. And he celebrated at night. Probably both the CCPO Lahore and the American Consul here are also set to lose their jobs. Two young men were killed. The widow of one committed suicide, and thus lost her life too. And officials connected to the case have lost their jobs. Raymond Davis must be important indeed. Maybe he should be sent to Sri Lanka, where the Pakistan team would be told that if they didnt win, Davis would act in self-defence. My younger boy, who turns six next month, fully expects, the poor fool, Pakistan to win. Yes, him, Ejaz Butt and Shahid Afridi, but no one else. But if Raymond Davis was to be introduced, with what an American general, back at the time of the first Gulf War, called a 'dynamic zero-defects programme, maybe the chances of winning would improve. Shahid Afridi should concentrate on eating organic food rather than his cricket if he hopes to replace Imran Khan as the next PM-in-waiting. Otherwise Imran will go on working at the same salary, as they say. Meanwhile, we really should watch what is happening in the Arab world. Not only are they brother Muslims, they also have surplus funds to invest. And since they are, like us, Muslims, those funds would not find many takers in the world of Western finance, which is as dominated by Jews as its media. But meanwhile, all the focus has been on Davis, and virtually none on the person who ran over a motorcyclist. There are no debates about whether or not he had diplomatic status and immunity. There is no argument that he acted in self-defence. Everyone knows what he was doing in the area; he had been summoned by Davis. And when Davis was arrested, he disappeared into the depths from which he had been summoned. I think he was an American policeman, because his victims are like those of our policemen: nobody killed them. Like the two brothers in Sialkot, who it turns out are still alive, because no one killed them. That might be why we root for the accused, because we always support them, even those committing corruption. Our guy might get off, but that still leaves behind a crime; an embezzled sum, a dead body. It would be possible to be the crimes of Raymond Davis and his accomplice to the apparent freedom from punishment of our highest and mightiest. Davis may not have a political party behind him, but he did not rob our national wealth, he just killed our citizens. And if our President does not mind 'collateral damage on Pakistani citizens, why should an American intelligence operative? And it is possible to see Davis as the victim, because only the USA would have the arrogance to send one of its spooks on an operation without rock-solid diplomatic cover. But then again, only an American spook would be willing to go without that cover. Or maybe he was willing to go in Pakistan, where there is always the backdated letter to save the day.