Rawalpindi: Many Pakistanis fear President Barack Obama's re-election will mean a surge in America's unpopular drone campaign, but for those making and selling US flags to burn at protests this could be good news.
Demonstrations against Washington's programme of missile strikes against suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are common in Pakistan, and no protest is complete without a Stars and Stripes being sent up in flames.
Nadeem Shah, the owner of a flag business in Rawalpindi, the twin city of the capital Islamabad, said he expected more drone strikes and more protests.
"When the drone strikes increase the protests against these strikes will also increase in Pakistan and it can have an impact on the flags and poster business."
In Rawalpindi, US flags start at around 120 rupees ($1.25) but in Shah's shop 1,500 rupees will get you a three-square-metre number in cloth.
"As far as my own business is concerned I don't expect much out of it because I deal in expensive material and I don't think that many people will be buying that," he said.
Demonstrations against Washington's programme of missile strikes against suspected Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are common in Pakistan, and no protest is complete without a Stars and Stripes being sent up in flames.
Nadeem Shah, the owner of a flag business in Rawalpindi, the twin city of the capital Islamabad, said he expected more drone strikes and more protests.
"When the drone strikes increase the protests against these strikes will also increase in Pakistan and it can have an impact on the flags and poster business."
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In Rawalpindi, US flags start at around 120 rupees ($1.25) but in Shah's shop 1,500 rupees will get you a three-square-metre number in cloth.
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"As far as my own business is concerned I don't expect much out of it because I deal in expensive material and I don't think that many people will be buying that," he said.
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