''To be, or not to be '' said Shakespeare in Hamlet, and that is precisely the question being widely raised about whether talks in Islamabad will take place between USA and Iran ?
Some sources say that Iran will not come for talks until the Americans lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and accused America of violating the ceasefire
Other sources say Iran has not yet decided whether to come for talks or not.
Still, other sources say that Iran is coming for talks
Social media is full of confusing and conflicting news about this.
So I WhatsApped many friends in Pakistan, but they too could not give me any positive information. They said there is no official statement of the Pakistan government about it. So everything is in the dark.
However, one Pakistani friend whom I spoke to said that, though there was no official confirmation, he has learnt from his sources, which he claimed to be credible and reliable, that the Iranian delegation is indeed coming to Islamabad.
His statement gets corroboration from the fact that most of Islamabad is under lockdown for security reasons.
The next few hours should tell what will happen
(Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman of the Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own.)
