Was Khar impressive in India? – Muhammad Saeed Akhter
Hina Rabbani Khar upon her arrival in Delhi
Ms Khar’s elevation to the stature of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan has had a mixed response from the media. The far right found the decision ridiculous, the majority showing indifference taking it as another foolish decision of the incompetent government while the reader’s curiosity was satiated by the juicy stories about her.
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On the other hand, obviously, ‘liberals’ came to her rescue. They tweeted the tweets of appreciation, calling it a momentous decision which enabled the young lady to represent Pakistan in the world. Her impressive credentials were surfed to refute the claims of her incompetence and inexperience. Even I tweeted in her favour. One of the cynic liberals (a well known English scriber) tweeted to keep Mahesh Bhatt away from Dehli.
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She left for Dehli as a first woman Foreign Minister ever in our history to talk on the bilateral issues with India. The Indian media focused on her looks and mostly ignored what she said. There was nothing to say really. She rehearsed herself to look confident and well versed in the art of diplomacy. Confident she looked, her choice of colors and attires matching the Bollywood beauties, no doubt, but as for the art of diplomacy it definitely needed more grooming.
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A couple of days back on VOA some seasoned Indian journalist, sorry his name slips my memory, when asked about his hopes from the meeting of the two foreign ministers, replied, “our minister is hard of hearing and Pakistani counterpart is beautiful.” The audience had heard the hearty laugh off Tariq Fatimi who was also on the panel. Coming back to her art of diplomacy she turned out to be the “Pal the parrot” narrating the old script, written almost 60 years back like the script of Anar Kali. Had the script of Anar Kali been not written we would have much better stage plays but the rhetoric and cheap romanticism ruined our stage so did the mite eaten diplomacy script.
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The Indian counterpart also ensured the preservation of the traditional script while the Indian media repeating the Hafiz Saeed mantra in unison. I am forced to consider, why not just admit that the relationship between India and Pakistan can never be normalized?
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A friend of mine went to India for the heart surgery of his son, availing the opportunity provided by the government of Vajpi. At Atari he was surrounded by the Indian intelligence officer. “Where is Hafiz Saeed? “What is Jamat- e-Dawa doing?” He had all the barrages of questions when searching for a glass of water for the ailing son in vain. At last he requested them to leave him alone as he himself was shia and did not like the person and the organization they were keen to know about.
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Somehow he boarded on the bus for Dehli. At Dehli some other personnel was waiting for him. “You are Shia why don’t you work for us?” He politely told them that he was an Assistant Professor of Economics and was not interested in becoming an agent. He was spared, however one can assume that a visitor from India may have to face the same here.
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Unfortunately, whosoever becomes the Foreign Minister of Pakistan starts dreaming to be a Prime Minister someday. The foreign ministry is haunted by the ghost of Bhutto like the house of Macbeth; haunted by the ghost of Banco. Every minister emulates Bhutto without realization of the fact that he was a voracious reader well versed in the discipline of International Relations. When Siddiq Khan Kanju was the minister of state for foreign affairs, there was a joke common in the vicinity of Bahawalpur. When Kanju met the FM of Vietnam, he started praising the US’ efforts to rescue Vietnam from the economic crunch. Jokes apart the same story holds true in case of our beautiful foreign minister.
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Cross posted from: My Say
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Honestly, it doesnt matter how she performed in India. Till the mindset of the hawks on both sides doesnt change, change of faces will not matter.
Excellent article Saeed Sahab
So RAW is interested in enlisting Shias as there agents?….Interesting!
Your friend said no but I wonder how many others might have said yes? I can count a couple of them for sure!
Anywho, Khar sounds like a man, calling her beautiful is insult to all beautiful women out there. We all know GHQ makes the foreign policy and she is just a front for what goes on in the background. Afterall, how hard is it really to regurgitate verbatim what Kayani told her?
Good luck with GHQ’s new policy of “killing them soflty”, LOL.
So many cynics in Pakistan. Let’s give her a chance. I like what I have read so far of the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hina Rabbani Khar. Let’s hope that she isn’t just a mouthpiece for General Kayani.
Perhaps she will evolve into something great for Pakistan. maybe she could be your WMS, that is,
– Weapon of Mass Seduction –
not a bad idea for the Land of the Pure to use on India.
I do not remember the last time our ministers getting such limelight. This is certainly a good sign for Pakistan as it will create a softer image of Pakistan. On the other hand lets hope that the two countries solve their problems and work together so that we have a healthy and stable region.
Certainly not reported in Pakistani media is, her visit to Nijamuddin darga & Ajmir darga to pray while visiting India.
@Rajput plz do not take it that shias’ are soft target of indians no they r as patriot as v all r.
@ KMR Overseas,it is indeed amusing how her visit to the dargahs have been completely censored by the Pakistani media.
In reply to Rajput! An onion a day keeps everybody away. I do not know what your intention is in writing this stupid comment. If you do not like my apples do not shake my tree, Isaac Newton is born once in a blue moon.
What RAW is doing we give a damn to them. We are solid, we are heavy, we have nukes which please note. Also, nota bene our warheads have U235 fissiles which have a destruction radius of 200 miles, while “your plutonium” just has less than 100 miles.
Only 10 terrorists slipped from our waters surviellance, they rocked Mumbai for five days four nights. Your maritime security failed, your coast guards failed, your police failed, your intelligence failed.
@Khalid Humayun,
First of all I am not Indian, FYI there are a tons of Muslim Rajputs, in fact, the surname Raja is used by Rajputs. I am also not Indian but Pakistani.
Not sure what you were trying to say with your bizzare mumbo jumbo, tiger fall tree shake, tiger dead, monkey cry, GO FIGURE!
@ Rajput:
Care to write an article about your views on the matter? Constructive criticism is always welcome.