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"The Khan is acquiring characteristics common to Trump."

"Trump heads the government of the most powerful nation in the world and before you begin to talk of his prickly nature and lack of focus on occasion..."

"On occasion?"

"OK quite frequently I would just like to bring it to your notice that Trump won the elections against all odds, and need I add the odds were considered to be insurmountable and his refrain Crooked Hillary worked..."

"At the time don't forget that Americans were tired of career politicians..."

"But after 23 years in politics don't you think The Khan is a career politician?"

"There is a naivete about him which..."

"One year down the line isn't he doing exactly what his much hated predecessors did in terms of selecting his cabinet and in terms of trying to amend the NAB law and make it politician specific and select an economic team whose past performance did not merit the job offer and..."

"You take it too far; all I meant was that he has become a Trump like Boris Johnson..."

"Don't talk about Boris Johnson - he referred to those who wear a veil as a letter box and The Khan's Third Wife..."

"I don't think Johnson was thinking of Bushra Bibi when he made the comment, I am not even sure Johnson is aware that The Khan's Third Wife wears a veil."

"OK already! What I wanted to say when I said he was becoming a Trump was in reference to Trump's family, what Trump feels about Ivanka The Khan feels about Jehangir Tareen..."

"About that, the US media attributes..."

"You really should know when to stop, anyway Trump's not so bright or pretty second daughter Tiffany, who Trump doesn't really like or so his long time secretary said and got fired, is in Khan terms Shah Mehmud Qureshi, can't get rid of him and don't really like him; then there is his dumb son Eric who is The Khan's Sheikh Rashid, and Donald Junior is Razzak Dawood, The Khan listens to him but he is over ruled easily by another..."

"And who is Melania? Bushra Bibi?"

"I will remain silent on the grounds that it may incriminate me."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019


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Anjum Ibrahim has a BA in Economics from Vassar College and an MSC from the London School of Economics. She has worked in a multilateral institution and has been associated with Business Recorder for a long time and currently holds the post of Resident Editor in Islamabad. She also hosts a show on Aaj TV "Paisa bolta hai" (money talks).


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