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| Pak Senate summons PM over his "seduction" attempt on Condi |
| 2007-05-30 |
| The Pakistan Senate has moved a motion to summon Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz over allegations that he tried to “charm” US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during talks. Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and her Path to Power, a new biography of the American leader, claims Aziz tried his "seductive baritone on Rice during her first visit to Pakistan in March 2005. News agency DPA reports Marcus Mabry, a senior Newsweek journalist and author of the biography, writes that Aziz "tried his Saville Row-suited gigolo kind of charm” on Rice but ended up “babbling” and embarrassed. "There was this test of wills where he was trying to use all his charm on her as a woman and she just basically stared him down. By the end of the meeting, he was babbling," the book claims. According to the Pakistani paper Daily Times, Mabry writes “when Rice sat down with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who fancies himself as ladies’ man, Aziz puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously thought was his seductive baritone.” According to the book, Aziz bragged to Western diplomats that he could “conquer any woman in two minutes. The Senators, who signed the motion on Tuesday, asked Aziz to explain his conduct before the House. "The matter, as published, was shameful for the entire nation and needs discussion," the motion said. Aziz’s office on May 26 had said that the book’s claims against him were “trash”. "There is nothing more we could offer to such a nonsensical script, it is a trash" the Prime Minister's Secretariat's has said. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Ebbaviting3513 2007-05-30 23:30 |
#3  Smooth operator? Not... |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-05-30 20:08 |
| #2 His 'stache looks a little droopy today... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-05-30 16:18 |
| #1 Whoops! *snicker* |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-30 15:37 |