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Print Print 2009-06-06

Partly Facetious: World is getting sick of the begging bowl

"Democracy dividend, so repeats our President Zardari, taking his begging bowl all over the world."
Published June 6, 2009

"Democracy dividend, so repeats our President Zardari, taking his begging bowl all over the world."
"At his own expense I am told."
"He should give that money to the IDPs. I mean..."
"Does he tell you where to spend your money?"
"Well, OK, but he must understand that the world is getting sick of the begging bowl that is getting bigger in diameter by the day and..."
"The US is giving a lot of money to the IDPs, the largest contributor to that effort."
"The democracy dividend..."
"Obama in his Cairo speech stated that elections alone do not make democracy. He added that there are some who advocate for democracy only when they are out of power; once in power they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others."
"Surely he wasn't referring to Zardari?"
"Well considering that Holbrooke mentioned that the chairmen of the two major parties have agreed on getting rid of the seventeenth amendment..."
"I admit one can argue that President Zardari can be included in Obama's statement but our president can parrot his usual line: that he has a consensus government in the centre as well as in all the four provinces and that he..."
"Obama also said that the interests of the people and the legitimate workings of the political process must be placed above party interests."
"I think you are being unfair. There is the matter of capacity as well... For Pete's sake how many have been allowed to stay in the party in the past when they have resigned on so called principles? Zardari has allowed that."
"What are you referring to?"
"Sherry Rehman, Raza Rabbani and Aitzaz Ahsan..."
"The first two resigned from posts that were given to them by the President and the last one never resigned from the party, he just took on the party and..."
"Give him credit where it is due. Besides don't forget he is getting on the job training..."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2009

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