‘Hostility’: What the book by Pakistan’s ambassador to India during the early Modi years reveals
‘Hostility’: What the book by Pakistan’s ambassador to India during the early Modi years reveals
An excerpt from ‘Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan India Relations’, by Abdul Basit, Pakistan’s ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. Author Abdul Basit.
Earlier on 16 March, I quietly went to see an indefatigable Kashmiri leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, at his modest Delhi flat. He was unwell. I also thought to personally invite him to the Pakistan Day reception to be held on 2 April. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed. Here was a man who was totally committed to Pakistan and the cause of Kashmir. This was my first meeting with him as High Commissioner. I had met him once earlier at the high commission when he came to see Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir in February 2010.