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[center]Of paupers and princes[/center]
The scion of a wealthy industrial family went to Harrods for a spot of shopping last month and walked into the Men's Casuals department. He saw a beautifully crafted blazer and was sorely tempted to buy it. When he looked at the price tag, he saw that it was for ã 5500. He didn't think twice about it and decided immediately that it was far too expensive to even contemplate buying. Last week he returned to Pakistan and went to one of Lahore's fancy eateries for lunch where what should he see but a dude in his mid-30s sporting the same blazer and wielding a state-of-the-art Vertu Ascent mobile phone, an expensive toy which is popular with the rich. Intrigued, he asked who this prince might be in this country of paupers, and was shocked to discover that he was the son of one of the highest functionaries of the state, a man entrusted to keep a sharp eye out for corruption in high places.
[center]Paucity of manpower[/center]
For those who've been thinking how we came to be Informed by Paradise Lover, let us tell you that the buzz from on high is that the Invisible Soldiers Inc. recommended her. The mind boggles about the whys and wherefores but there you have it. The problem now is that Paradise Lover isn't taken at all seriously. So Hubby is having second thoughts. Problem is, there's nobody to replace her with, such is the paucity of manpower in the party.
[center]Getting personal[/center]
A policy recommendation by counter-terrorism expert Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, former CIA analyst, and officer of the US National Security Council, should give some people a few sleepless nights. Riedel recommends that "things should get personal" if the khakis' leadership is found to be harbouring, promoting or protecting terrorists. He says that instead of punishing Pakistan, such officers should be taken to task - put on terror lists, arrested when traveling, property seizures affected, and their families expelled from the US and UK. "Don't sanction the country", Riedel recommends, "sanction individuals. Hold them accountable". It's well known that anti-Americanism is the perfect mantra for the homeland but those who spin it, have families and fortunes safely tucked away in the West. This is true for an extremely high official who packed off his family first to the UAE and then to the UK.
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[center]Of paupers and princes[/center]
The scion of a wealthy industrial family went to Harrods for a spot of shopping last month and walked into the Men's Casuals department. He saw a beautifully crafted blazer and was sorely tempted to buy it. When he looked at the price tag, he saw that it was for ã 5500. He didn't think twice about it and decided immediately that it was far too expensive to even contemplate buying. Last week he returned to Pakistan and went to one of Lahore's fancy eateries for lunch where what should he see but a dude in his mid-30s sporting the same blazer and wielding a state-of-the-art Vertu Ascent mobile phone, an expensive toy which is popular with the rich. Intrigued, he asked who this prince might be in this country of paupers, and was shocked to discover that he was the son of one of the highest functionaries of the state, a man entrusted to keep a sharp eye out for corruption in high places.
[center]Paucity of manpower[/center]
For those who've been thinking how we came to be Informed by Paradise Lover, let us tell you that the buzz from on high is that the Invisible Soldiers Inc. recommended her. The mind boggles about the whys and wherefores but there you have it. The problem now is that Paradise Lover isn't taken at all seriously. So Hubby is having second thoughts. Problem is, there's nobody to replace her with, such is the paucity of manpower in the party.
[center]Getting personal[/center]
A policy recommendation by counter-terrorism expert Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, former CIA analyst, and officer of the US National Security Council, should give some people a few sleepless nights. Riedel recommends that "things should get personal" if the khakis' leadership is found to be harbouring, promoting or protecting terrorists. He says that instead of punishing Pakistan, such officers should be taken to task - put on terror lists, arrested when traveling, property seizures affected, and their families expelled from the US and UK. "Don't sanction the country", Riedel recommends, "sanction individuals. Hold them accountable". It's well known that anti-Americanism is the perfect mantra for the homeland but those who spin it, have families and fortunes safely tucked away in the West. This is true for an extremely high official who packed off his family first to the UAE and then to the UK.
Cheers