Hina Rabbani Khar Becomes Pakistan's First Female Foreign Minister

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HINA RABBANI kHAR IS BUILDING BRIDGES

By Chitranjan Sawant

Hina,forei­gn minister of Pakistan is here in India to make friends, to strengthen friendship between the two arch-rival­s so that a new and relaxed atmosphere is created. An assured security will bring in prosperity­; if prosperity comes, can Peace be far behind?

Hina has her task cut out. She knows it has pitfalls. She wishes to be a success when stalwarts like Zulfiqar Bhutto had failed.

TIMES HAVE CHANGED

Hina has broken Zulfiqar's record of being the youngest foreign minister of Pakistan. Friend Zulfi was just 35 when sworn in in General Ayub Khan cabinet. Hina has broken that record as she is just 34 and sitting confidentl­y in saddle as the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Times have changed and much water has flown down the Ganges in India and Sindh river in Pakistan between the years of Zulfi and Hina.

Hina cannot wipe out the inimical feelings between the two countries in just one trip to New Delhi. However, her dialogues with the Indianlead­ers may reduce the level of animosity between the Saffron and the Green.

FAUX PAS ON DAY ONE

Hina Rabbani Khar met the separatist leaders of Kashmir on the first day of setting her foot on the Indian soil. Among those whom the Pakistan High Commission in NewDelhi hosted to meet the new Foreign Minister were the diehard separatist Gilani and pro-Pakist­an Mir Waiz.
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