There is an old saying from the Deep South, that ‘he who shouts the loudest, has the most to hide’. It couldn’t be more apt at this time. The Pakistani Prime Minister and his many men, are all over the media in Washington, in a media blitz that is commendable for its energy and twisting of the truth.
Along with this, a large clutch of other Pakistanis have been brought in to do the rounds on the Hill, and speak emotionally at sundry think-tanks, that claim to shape ‘world opinion’. Among sundry minor officials and analysts, was none other than the ‘Prime Minister’ of ‘Azad’ Kashmir, Raja Farooq Haider, brought to Washington to plead emotionally about his ‘Kashmir brethren’. He presented such a staggering list of human rights violations — allegedly committed by the Indian forces — that one wonders how our soldiers have the time to fight anyone at all.