H280507: This report is very interesting and came from an unexpected circle.. Pakistan’s envoy to the US has described India as ‘modern’ and a ‘role model’ in democracy and economic development. Ambassador Mahmud Ali Durrani also said had Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan not been ‘a national hero,’ “we would have strung him from the tallest tree”.

Conceding that people of Pakistan saw India differently, he said: “Is India modern in a way? Yes . Even in Pakistan they make these comparisons…..In democracy, it (India) is a role model. In economic development, it is a role model,” he said.