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"President Zardari is one lucky man."
"Indeed, if National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) files are to be believed then his wealth is legendary and..."
"If you are referring to the net worth of the President's as submitted by NAB to the court then let me remind you that the charge has not yet been proved."
"No, I meant he is lucky to have this wealth and I would suggest to him to lend to countries, you have heard of sovereign debt, and for that he would get a rate of return which is LIBOR plus something as is given to Pakistan by international donor agencies who claim they are committed to our development."
"LIBOR plus something is for cash strapped countries like ours. I am not sure as an economist I would advise the President to lend to a country like ours."
"Which country then?"
"Well, there is a global recession so everyone is in need of cash injections. I would pick a developed country you know their sovereign guarantee is more sovereign shall we say than that of a developing country."
"Don't be facetious. Anyway, when I said the President is a lucky man I was not referring to his reported wealth but to the fact that he got such a stalwart politician as Babar Awan to defend him in a press conference."
"What press conference? None of the major dailies was invited."
"You know the Press is extremely biased and..."
"Then you don't refer to it as a press conference."
"You are just being difficult."
"Anyway, my question is why choose Awan to defend the President? Isn't he implicated in some form of abuse of power with reference to the Dogar court?"
"There you go again! Making allegations! Don't you know in our system one is innocent till proven guilty."
"Considering we have a presidential form of government which is inconsistent with our constitution and more compatible with say France then why don't we adopt the French legal system where you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent?"
"I won't answer that on the grounds that it would make me angrier."
"One word of advice: choose someone to defend the President who is unblemished."
"Awan says he will defend himself at the proper time and the proper time will be of his choosing."
"Anyway the President is really lucky. I mean he has limited education, which implies he couldn't have got a job as a CEO of a major bank and kept the bonus if you know what I mean, similarly his land holdings as a son were not as many as he has now."
"He inherited from Ms Bhutto too and as you know her name is not on the NRO so its legitimate and before you accuse the Shaheed Mohtarma let me tell you that she was making over 100,000 dollars per lecture in exile."
"You know the press is very bad."
"Why?"
"Well, they are referring to everyone killed in terrorist attacks as shaheed - it detracts from the sacrifice made by the PPP leadership."
"Oh shut up."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2009

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