BBC Online
The actual assassin, when and if his identity is discovered, was doubtless someone most people will never have heard of.
What matters is who sent him and why.
In the fevered speculation now gripping the streets of Pakistan there are essentially two conflicting theories.The first theory, the one espoused by the Pakistani government, is that al-Qaeda or the Taleban, or even both, were the killers.
Certainly the method of attack - a suicide bombing in a crowded place - is al-Qaeda’s favoured modus operandi, although the assassin was taking no chances by also opening fire with a pistol just before he blew himself up. [Read more]