A Dancing Leader Prime Minister Suhrawardy of Pakistan

Within a week of our arrival in Karachi, my wife and I received a most unusual telephone call. A clipped, British-type voice with an Indian lilt said: ʹI am calling with an invitation from Prime Minister Suhrawardy. Would Mr and Mrs Drake of the Canadian High Commission please join him at his home f...

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Published inA Stubble-Jumper in Striped Pants p. 48
Main Author Drake, Earl
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 14.09.1999
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Anthropology
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Summary:Within a week of our arrival in Karachi, my wife and I received a most unusual telephone call. A clipped, British-type voice with an Indian lilt said: ʹI am calling with an invitation from Prime Minister Suhrawardy. Would Mr and Mrs Drake of the Canadian High Commission please join him at his home for an evening of dancing?ʹ This was unheard of in normal diplomatic circles. Invitations from a prime minister are rare in the best of circumstances, but for the embassyʹs most junior diplomat who has just arrived in town, it seemed extraordinary. Moreover, this was an Islamic republic
ISBN:0802044646
9780802044648
DOI:10.3138/9781442670495.8