New Delhi, August 13
Former Pakistani Ambassador to India Abdul Basit on Friday suggested that “third-party” mediation was needed between India and Pakistan as the bilateral efforts have
New Delhi, August 13
Former Pakistani Ambassador to India Abdul Basit on Friday suggested that “third-party” mediation was needed between India and Pakistan as the bilateral efforts have
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Former diplomat Abdul Basit speaks at IoBM on Saturday. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: A book titled Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations by Pakistan’s former high commissioner to India Abdul Basit was launched at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) on Saturday afternoon.
Introducing the book to the audience, Ambassador Basit said the Foreign Service officers think that when they retire they’d share their experiences with the people of Pakistan by penning them down. This was also his intention: to write a memoir covering his career from 1982 to 2017.
When in 2009 he became the Foreign Office’s spokesperson he thought now he was seeing things firsthand, participating in decision making. It was a challenging period for Pakistan Salala check-post attack, the Raymond Davis case, etc, had happened. From there, he was posted in Germany as Pakistan’s ambassador and the focus there was mostly on economics.
Former diplomat Abdul Basit speaks at IoBM on Saturday. Fahim Siddiqi/White Star
KARACHI: A book titled Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations by Pakistan’s former high commissioner to India Abdul Basit was launched at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) on Saturday afternoon.
Introducing the book to the audience, Ambassador Basit said the Foreign Service officers think that when they retire they’d share their experiences with the people of Pakistan by penning them down. This was also his intention: to write a memoir covering his career from 1982 to 2017.
When in 2009 he became the Foreign Office’s spokesperson he thought now he was seeing things firsthand, participating in decision making. It was a challenging period for Pakistan Salala check-post attack, the Raymond Davis case, etc, had happened. From there, he was posted in Germany as Pakistan’s ambassador and the focus there was mostly on economics.