Fai's Indians not my Indians

The diplomat’s answer was cynically revealing. “It’s a mug’s game,” he replied. The Pakistan mission, he indicated, was under a compulsion to keep its local supporters happy. As a matter of routine, a busload or so of protesters were brought in to shout slogans for a few hours. When the show was over, these guys retired to a side street a few blocks away where a Pakistani handler would dole out a small fee and a carton of cigarettes to each protester. “It’s completely purposeless but a part of the Pakistani drill,” my diplomat friend assured me.

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