Modi received like a star in the US: Pakistani daily
30 Sept 2015 5:05 AM IST
An editorial in The Nation on Monday said that everyone loves a good old showdown between politicians - but in the case of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif versus his Indian counterpart Modi, “we have our backs to the wall”.
“While Modi is received like a star is attending events and parties, PM Sharif only has the UN platform to make an impact. The odds are stacked against Pakistan,” said the daily.
Both Nawaz and Modi are in New York for the Sustainable Development Summit hosted by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, where the new and ambitious post-2015 development agenda will be adopted.
“However, both parties have made it clear that there will be no bilateral meeting between them.”
The daily said that Modi will not only speak to Silicon Valley’s biggest executives during his two-day visit to the US tech <g data-gr-id="21">hub,</g> but will also take questions from some of Facebook Inc’s 1.5 billion users at a Town Hall.
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