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The unusual tale of a Pakistani diplomat in India
To William Congreve is attributed the aphorism “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”.
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That’s also true of a spurned ambassador. Abdul Basit’s account of his three years as Pakistan’s high commissioner (HC) in India, aptly called Hostility, is suffused with hurt and smacks of revenge. No doubt, teeth are gnashing in Islamabad.
They’ll soon be drowned by chortling in Delhi.
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The book starts with an account of how Nawaz Sharif told Basit he would be Pakistan’s next foreign secretary. But he never got the job. Nor any explanation. Delhi was the consolation prize.
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So, a wounded and humiliated man became Pakistan’s HC in March 2014. This sad story explains everything that followed.
It’s hard to tell on whom the greater share of Basit’s wrath falls. Of Sharif, prime minister (PM) right through Basit’s tenure, he writes: “Sharif was overly inclined to pander to India unilaterally and unconditionally”.
He even suggests the PM’s emotio