Hostility : A Diplomat's Diary on Pakistan-India Relations

By Abdul Basit

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About the book

Hostility is former Pakistan high commissioner to India Abdul Basit’s memoir of his tenure in New Delhi, from 2014 to 2017. The book takes us through perhaps the most difficult era in India-Pakistan relations in recent years. While Narendra Modi’s first prime-ministership began with a new hope of normalising relations between Pakistan and India, subsequent events unfortunately proved otherwise.

In his account, Abdul Basit takes us through the highs and lows of what is easily among the most difficult diplomatic postings anywhere the world. Written with honesty, lucidity, and filled with explosive nuggets about what goes on behind the scenes between India and Pakistan, Hostility provides a rare insight into what is possibly the most damaged bilateral relationship in the world.

Pages: 340

Available in: Hardback

Language: English

Abdul Basit

Ambassador Abdul Basit joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1982. During his thirty-five years of diplomatic career he served in several Pakistan missions abroad including in Moscow, New York, Sana’a, Geneva and London. He also remained a spokesperson of the Pakistan Foreign Office for over three years before leaving for Germany in 2012 to take over as Pakistan’s ambassador in Berlin. His last assignment was as Pakistan High Commissioner to India from 2014-17.

He served as president of the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) from 2017-2018 and is presently heading the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).

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