Even before the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada had issued an advisory against non-essential travel to Pakistan.  The advisory has since been updated to include the news that Ms Bhutto was killed in Rawalpindi on 27 December, and CBC suddenly thinks it’s headline material.

Avoid non-essential travel to Pakistan: Ottawa

From the Pakistan travel report posted at the government agency’s website:

1. RECENT UPDATES

The level of Travel Warning in this report has not changed.

Section 2 has been updated.

Section 2 contains a brief summary of the volatile situation in Pakistan.  It does indeed sound like a place to avoid, but then it was before.

h/t: Proud To Be Canadian