PAKISTAN WAS ON A STATE DEPARTMENT RESTRICTED TRAVEL LIST DURING THE TIME PERIOD THAT BARRY CLAIMS HE VISITED THERE.
I must sound like this is on "repeat" and it may get me flamed, but this has been found not correct. There was no US restriction on travel to Pakistan, and several people have posted clear evidence of that. There was a travel advisory which told people that they needed visas to get into Pakistan, and the problems with renewing those visas.
It does us no good to keep repeating points that have been shown to be incorrect.
An ad in the NYT for travel to Pakistan is not evidence. Sorry you feel it is. And I have a brother who traveled to Pakistan in that time frame on opthamological business and his hoops to jump through—finally getting approval from Paklistan—testify that it was not a simple task to travel to Pakistan while it was under Martial Law.
Welcome to FR, n00b.