Religious ultra-conservatism has a field day in Pakistan. It puts Saudi Arabia on the Spot

Sunni Muslim ultra-conservatism is having a field day.

Barely three months after the Taliban claimed victory in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the second most populous Muslim-majority state, is moving to join Kabul in becoming an outpost of religious intolerance and Muslim supremacy.

In doing so, Pakistan, alongside Afghanistan, has come down on the side of count…