Sign of terror now

The suicide attack at Marriott hotel has jolted the whole industrial sector but particularly the exporters who have now lost all hope of convincing their foreign buyers to visit Pakistan. Once all five-star hotels were considered safe, indeed the safest of places, to stay by foreigners that visited Pakistan. Whenever there was a disturbance or a terror attack in the city, these foreigners used to immediately rush to the safety of their five-star hotels and stayed in till things normalized. But these days, the five stars of hospitality have become a sign of danger and it is extremely difficult to convince foreign buyers to come to this country because of the terror tag attached to them. No wonder after the terror attack in Islamabad, virtually all foreign visitors left the country on the first available flight.