Hina R. Khar, Princess of Politics
Hina Rabbani Khar from the Live With Talat program on AAJ TV. Born 1977 in Multan, she graduated from LUMS in 1999 with a degree in Economics. She then did her MBA from UMass in 2002. By 2003 she was picked to be the MNA of the Q-League from NA-177 Muzaffargarh-II. I say “picked”, because she didn’t much go around canvassing her ancestral village Khar Gharbi, looking for votes. She got in on the 33% quota seats, where parties hand-picked their “graduate” maidens.
Next thing you know she is the Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Statistics, hobnobbing with her best pals, Prime Minister Shortcut and the Dictator-in-Chief. They made her in-charge of the begging bowl. All foreign loans and grants committed to Pakistan, went through her office to be disbursed and appropriated accordingly. A 26 year old, fresh out of college, with zero experience, was made responsible for keeping tabs on billions of dollars flowing into the country. Lovely.
Late in 2007, when things started to go south for the Q-League, they decided to drop the dead wood going into the 2008 elections. The ‘Q’ hottie brigade was the first to find itself on the chopping block. Nilofer Bakhtiar, for falling into the lap of a french septuagenarian. Then Kashmala Tariq for being catty and forming the forward block.
Next thing you know she is the Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Statistics, hobnobbing with her best pals, Prime Minister Shortcut and the Dictator-in-Chief. They made her in-charge of the begging bowl. All foreign loans and grants committed to Pakistan, went through her office to be disbursed and appropriated accordingly. A 26 year old, fresh out of college, with zero experience, was made responsible for keeping tabs on billions of dollars flowing into the country. Lovely.
Late in 2007, when things started to go south for the Q-League, they decided to drop the dead wood going into the 2008 elections. The ‘Q’ hottie brigade was the first to find itself on the chopping block. Nilofer Bakhtiar, for falling into the lap of a french septuagenarian. Then Kashmala Tariq for being catty and forming the forward block.
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