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Telephone Call to Hell
In order to develop friendly
relationship between the two countries, vajpaee and Musharraf
decided to visit each other's country regularly.
The first visit was by
Musharraf to India. There Vajpaee showed him India's modern
telecommunication systems. It was so good that
Musharraf made a call to
General Yahya in hell and talked to him for 5 minutes! The bill
for the call came to only Re.1. When Musharraf came back, he
also wanted Pakistan's telecommunication systems to be at the
best when Vajpaee visited Pakistan. Suitable arrangements were
made.
Vajpaee came to Pakistan,
visited the telecom department and talked to Rajiv Gandhi in
hell for 5 minutes. But this time, the bill was Rs. 500 !
Vajpaee asked with a sarcastic smile - "Why are telephone
calls to hell so costly in Pakistan?" A High level diplomat
gave a smiling reply - "From India to hell, it is a local
call, Sir, while from Pakistan it is long distance !!!"
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