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Friday, December 17, 2004
Difficult customer lashes out
The Indian government has sacked the lobbying firm that it had hired in the US, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Field. The ostensible reason for this is that the firm could not prevent the proposed sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Pakistan. Rather than direct their scrutiny inwards – foreign minister Natwar Singh has been both indiscreet and injudicious of late – they have found a convenient scapegoat.
Tellingly, Pakistan has hired as many as eight law firms in the US, to look after different areas of interest. Among lobbying circles in the US, according to the Times of India, “the Indian government is regarded as a difficult customer.”
Tellingly, Pakistan has hired as many as eight law firms in the US, to look after different areas of interest. Among lobbying circles in the US, according to the Times of India, “the Indian government is regarded as a difficult customer.”
