Prodigal sons get front-row seats
Your picture on the back page of August 31 issue showing Bilawal Zardari Bhutto seated next to Mr Zardari is further evidence of how whimsically this country’s affairs are run.
While the president has the prerogative to include people from outside the government in official delegations, such participants do not take precedence over the higher state functionaries. \It is wrong to seat Bilawal in the front row and making the foreign minister sit in the back row. Mr Zardari actually lowers the standing of the key minister in such gatherings. In fact all three seated behind have a higher protocol levels than Mr Bilawal Bhutto.
It is hoped that proper protocol will be observed during such conferences and meets in the future.
SAJJAD ASHRAF
Islamabad