What sort of a country is Pakistan?

By John Cheeran
I would like to reproduce here a letter published in International Herald Tribune, on October 17.
The writer asks some valid questions and all those Pakistan lovers all over the world have an obligation to answer these questions....

"Rape as Punishment"
Regarding the news article in Pakistan rape cases, stigma, but little justice (Oct.13).
What sort of country is Pakistan that it can tolerate premeditated rape of women as punishment of a "wrong" perpetrated by somebody else?
What sort of men can even contemplate. let alone, commit such crimes?
Where are the howls of protest from Muslim leaders in Pakistan?
Where is the decisive action from Pakistan's authorities? These practices should be unequivocally condemned and eradicated.
No matter what the social or historical context, rape as a punishment is barbaric and simply must not be tolerated in any society that considers itself part of the community of nations. How can any Pakistani leader hold his head up while these awful crimes continue?
from Neil M. D. Russell, Hong Kong...

Any answers?