Dawn · When flattery becomes foreign policy
There was nothing “absurd,” as this article claims, in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif seizing the moment to court President Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. Pakistan stole the show: its prime minister picked a spot right behind Mr. Trump on the stage, while India was nowhere to be seen.
Nor was the occasion one of “gravity,” as the writer says. It was a long, unscripted celebration of a historic achievement, and Mr. Trump himself joked as he thanked the leaders present.
