PM Visit to Delhi

PM’s visit to Delhi was a foregone conclusion from the moment the invitation was received and it was a wise decision.  The drama of “to go or not to go” was staged to throw the onus of the blame upon others if and ever any untoward repercussions arose subsequent to the visit. The one to one meeting between the PMs, cleverly thrown in to give the yatra some semblance of a business tour, is not likely to yield anything as it would be too much to expect form only a day old Prime Minister of India and on the top of it from a person like Modi, to take some reconciliatory position on Kashmir !   My only fears are that our High Commission in Delhi might not allow the Gaddi Nashins of Ajmer Sharif and its likes an otherwise innocent looking five minute audience with the MNS which could cost the poor Pakistanis another million dollars in Nazrana as was proffered by the superstitious Zardari and Raja Ashraf a few years ago!  Please PM, beware, we! as a nation are already under heavy debt and cannot afford any such ‘luxury’ any more.

Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)