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"There has been yet another scam."
"You are referring to Pakistan International right?"
"Yes."
"Why would an airline, PIA, decide to link up with an airline that is smaller (Turkish Airlines) and need I add it's not supposed to be a great airline? And why would PIA give up its lucrative business to a yet to be appointed agent in the UK?"
"I can think of millions of reasons."
"Name one?"
"I meant millions of pounds or dollars worth of reasons..."
"Don't be facetious. It's not that easy to get away with such monumental scams given the free judiciary and the media and..."
"The media does point out the scams and the courts on occasion do take suo motu notice but has that made any difference in the scale and frequency of scams in the state owned entities whose heads have been hand picked by the bigwigs in government?"
"Well, Adnan Khwaja was fired."
"He was expendable as he was close to the chota (younger) nawab."
"Chota nawab?"
"Well, Gilani is being referred to lovingly by his increasing fan base as chota nawab."
"Ah right. Anyway some others who were hand picked have lost their jobs."
"I know for a fact that those officers of the FIA who began a transparent inquiry into court ordered scams have been transferred..."
"How does Rehman Malik justify that when he is on record as having stated that he would end all corruption within a week, a week long past by the way..."
"Malik was not referring to mega scams, he was referring to ending bureaucratic corruption. Besides don't forget he is a very busy man..."
"Busy as in bringing law and order..."
"Don't be stupid! He is busy saving his own skin."
"He has increased his own security?"
"No, he is busy making statements about killing those who make derogatory remarks about our prophet."
"That's incitement, a crime in the UK where he has property. Anyway does this mean he doesn't trust the court system?"
"Good heavens no, the court convicted him it's the President who pardoned him."
"Point taken!"

Copyright Business Recorder, 2011

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