Well, Islamabad goes down with Kuala Lumpur, Da Nang and al-Hudayda as one of my least favorite places on the planet Earth. Very little to recommend a visit, unless you enjoy soul-less, bureaucratic, Le Corbusieresque, culturally dead cities. And does anyone, really? The only place in Pakistan where I found virtually no welcoming smiles. The cool indifference of Islamabad turned into outright hostility in the vastly over-rated hill station of Murree. I should have heeded a warming I received from a student of mine, who grew up in Islamabad, who told me, "Sir, don't go to Islamabad. It's just like Bur Dubai." Bur Dubai is an old section of Dubai. I kind of like Bur Dubai, but I got her meaning. And I should have listend to her. I could have used the four days I wasted in Islamabad and Murree in down in Multan.

C'est la vie, no es verdad?