Pak Telecom: Our Sania
By Sandhya

Like most Indians, I believe that there is much more that unites India and Pakistan than what divides us.  Same people, same culture and even the same 24X7 obsessive media coverage of the Shoaib Sania marriage.

Pakistan based Mobilink GSM started operations in 1994 and today has the largest customer subscriber base in that country.  Mobilink basically offers prepaid (JAZZ) and postpaid (Indigo) to its 28 million Pakistani customers.

Mobilink JAZZ has released an advertisement welcoming Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza to the Pakistani family.  The advertisement reads: ‘Ab Sania Mirza bhi Apni Hai’ which translates to ‘Now Sania Mirza also belongs to us’.

Some Pakistani commentators were not amused.  One wrote in asking how Sania belongs to us because she still has an Indian passport.  Another commentator wrote in criticizing the over the top scenes of joy: “It seems that some Pakistanis are happier about the Shoaib Sania marriage than their own wedding”.