The prime minister is to visit Riyadh again day after tomorrow on a three day visit. His too frequent sojourns to Saudi Arabia and UK provide opportunity to his detractors to say that his off and on visit to these two countries has more to do with the supervision of his business which is being looked after there by his offspring. If he wants to give impression to the countries of the middle east that his proposed visit to Saudi Arabia was a part of his diplomacy to act as a bridge between Tehran and Riyadh in that case he should strike a balance between these two countries which are diametrically opposed to each other on many international issues, besides, following entirely different religious sects. Too much tilt of the prime minister towards Saudi Arabia would never be appreciated by Tehran. Moreover, the Prime minister should be staying inside the country rather than going abroad at the drop of the hat. He should be seen more in parliament rather in the world capitals as foreign affairs is none of his business. If he cannot trust his two octogenarian advisers on foreign affairs he had better appoint a fully fledged foreign minister. It is unbelievable that out of 18 crore Pakistanis he cannot find a single person capable enough to run the office of the foreign minister independently thus sparing him ample time to concentrate on other pressing issues of law and order and economy of the country by staying at Islamabad.
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