The outrage following the incident led to Crusteez Donuts issuing an apology for the employee’s behaviour. But Pakistanis want a salary hike for the staff member.
The controversy began with a landmark decision on 6 February, when the Pakistan Supreme Court ordered the release of Mubarak Sani, an Ahmadiyya arrested last year for distributing the ‘Tafseer-i-Sagheer' text.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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