Nawaz Sharif has had a gala trip in the United Nations so far, chatting up various world leaders and sharing the age-old Pakistani whine about Kashmir. Though this has not achieved anything in some sixty years now, perhaps it gives Pakistani leaders some sense of purpose, in a grouping where they are more likely to face chidings than bonhomie.
Sharif has raised the Kashmir issue with almost every world leader he has held talks with on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, but his efforts to internationalise the dispute with India appeared to have gained no traction.
One can safely assume that most countries probably have nothing to say when the leader of a nation that has exported terrorism with the same dedication as China ships out ball point pens asks them to join him in a 70-year-old neighbourhood scrap against the world's third largest economy.
Though the discomfort is also presumably very, very one-sided. Pakistan has perfected the art of going on world tours weeping about Kashmir while shipping murderers across the border to kill Indians even as terrorists and the Army kill thousands of citizens back home.
This plan, which even a child can see is one of diminishing returns, has two more chinks in its rags now.
The first blow is the brutal attack on the Uri Camp in Jammu, in which 18 Jawans lost their lives when they were attacked by terrorists who had Pakistani weapons, food and juice packs.
But even if Pakistan is more than happy to sweep the blood of Indians under its soaked carpets, yet another attack on Americans by a Pakistani is too big to swallow.
The New York City bomber turned out to be Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old Afghan-born naturalised US citizen, who had married a Pakistani woman and had made at least three months-long trips to both Pakistan and Afghanistan since 2014.
Authorities said Rahami is "directly linked" to bombings on Saturday in New York City and Seaside Park, New Jersey, and he is believed to be connected to pipe bombs found in a backpack Sunday night in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Yes, yet another terrorist, who attacked the Americans, is from Pakistan. Perhaps the only one is still surprised is the suspect's mother, and even that is doubtful.
All of this makes Sharif's planned false weep of sympathy for the Kashmiris a little more uncomfortable than usual, and hence it is believed his call with the powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif contains the message - tone it down.
An official from the Prime Minister's Office said the two last night discussed the situation in Kashmir and tense relations with India after the terrorist attack on the Indian army camp in Uri.
"The prime minister might strike a balance in his speech. He would talk about the Indian atrocities in Kashmir but also would be conciliatory to end tension," said the official.
Naturally, since a leopard cannot change all of its spots at once, Sharif may also offer proposals to address the Kashmir issue, including an emphasis on implementing UN resolutions and the mediatory role of the international community.
Though no statement was issued after the talks between the two Sharifs, which was their first contact since the Uri attack, Pakistan's Geo TV reported that the conversation between the two leaders shows that the situation after the Uri attack was serious.
Pakistan is fast running out of options, though. The 'Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act (HR 6069) has been moved by Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Dana Rohrabacher, who is a ranking member of the influential Congressional Committee on Terrorism.
So even the Americans are finding this association a weary one.