In Hostility, former Pakistan high commissioner to India Abdul Basit writes about his tenure in Delhi from 2014 to 2017 — a difficult era in India-Pakistan ties.
Published by HarperCollins, 'Hostility: A Diplomat’s Diary on Pakistan-India Relations' by Abdul Basit will be released on 25 April on ThePrint's ‘SoftCover’.
This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Pranab...
Calling for a political dialogue has become the default option for politicians and pundits every time the security situation in the Valley worsens. The optics of talks looks intended to be a healing touch in itself and ends up becoming a tactic to buy time.
RAMA LAKSHMI
Farrhana Bhatt’s presence on Bigg Boss 19 can’t redefine Kashmir. But it can remind the Valley that Kashmiris deserve to be seen in their full human range—not squeezed into specific categories.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
India is now the only country still operating the Jaguar, long retired by its original users, France in 2005 and the UK in 2007, and secondary operators like Oman, Nigeria and Ecuador.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Saw your intervie with Karan Thapar and Najam Sethi. Najam Sahab took you apart very well. You were an employee of the govt of the day and meant to implement THEIR policies. You don’t have the luxury to decide if you agree with those policies or not.
Your anti-India approach is pathetic. You are now choosing to sell your book and take money out of India.
Why are wretched Marxists like Jyoti Malhotra in love with the enemy to give them space and spread their propaganda? The likes of Malhotra are a bigger threat to india than Pakistan, they are like termites eating away our own social structures from the inside.
Another attempt by Pakistani establishment to down grade India as a democracy by a terrorist sponsoring state i.e. Pakistan.
He is a stupid guy who imagines himself on a horse with sword and riding onto DELHI.
He along with JIHADI ORYA MAQBOOL JAN and JIHADI laal TOPI discusses GHAZWA E HIND.
He is megalomaniac .
Saw your intervie with Karan Thapar and Najam Sethi. Najam Sahab took you apart very well. You were an employee of the govt of the day and meant to implement THEIR policies. You don’t have the luxury to decide if you agree with those policies or not.
Your anti-India approach is pathetic. You are now choosing to sell your book and take money out of India.
Why are wretched Marxists like Jyoti Malhotra in love with the enemy to give them space and spread their propaganda? The likes of Malhotra are a bigger threat to india than Pakistan, they are like termites eating away our own social structures from the inside.