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'Gigolo charm' failed to impress Condi
THE Pakistani Prime Minister's charm failed to work its magic on US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a new biography of her, a newspaper has reported today.
The book describes in excruciating detail how Shaukat Aziz allegedly tried to impress Rice when she visited South Asia in March 2005, according to the Dawn newspaper.
Mr Aziz "tried this Savile Row-suited gigolo kind of charm: 'Pakistan is a country of rich traditions,' staring in (Dr Rice's) eyes," the biography's author Marcus Mabry writes, citing participants at the meeting.
"When Rice sat down with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who fancied himself as a ladies' man, Aziz puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously thought was his seductive baritone," the book claims.
"He bragged - to Western diplomats, no less - that he could conquer any woman in two minutes," writes Mabry, according to Dawn.
Mr Aziz, who is married with three children, was out of luck, according to the book.
"There was this test of wills where he was trying to use all his charms on her as a woman, and she just basically stared him down," the newspaper quoted Mabry, a senior correspondent with Newsweek magazine, as writing.
"By the end of the meeting, he was babbling. The Pakistanis were shifting uncomfortably. And his voice visibly changed."
Government spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.
Mr Aziz, 58, had a successful career in international banking before moving into Pakistani politics.
He had postings around the world, including in London, Athens and New York, and rose to be vice president of Citibank in 1992.
He became Pakistan's prime minister in 2004, serving under military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
The biography is titled Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power.
THE Pakistani Prime Minister's charm failed to work its magic on US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a new biography of her, a newspaper has reported today.
The book describes in excruciating detail how Shaukat Aziz allegedly tried to impress Rice when she visited South Asia in March 2005, according to the Dawn newspaper.
Mr Aziz "tried this Savile Row-suited gigolo kind of charm: 'Pakistan is a country of rich traditions,' staring in (Dr Rice's) eyes," the biography's author Marcus Mabry writes, citing participants at the meeting.
"When Rice sat down with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who fancied himself as a ladies' man, Aziz puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously thought was his seductive baritone," the book claims.
"He bragged - to Western diplomats, no less - that he could conquer any woman in two minutes," writes Mabry, according to Dawn.
Mr Aziz, who is married with three children, was out of luck, according to the book.
"There was this test of wills where he was trying to use all his charms on her as a woman, and she just basically stared him down," the newspaper quoted Mabry, a senior correspondent with Newsweek magazine, as writing.
"By the end of the meeting, he was babbling. The Pakistanis were shifting uncomfortably. And his voice visibly changed."
Government spokesmen were not immediately available for comment.
Mr Aziz, 58, had a successful career in international banking before moving into Pakistani politics.
He had postings around the world, including in London, Athens and New York, and rose to be vice president of Citibank in 1992.
He became Pakistan's prime minister in 2004, serving under military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
The biography is titled Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21769978-1702,00.html
Was he out of his mind? Was he drunk?
This is so humiliating ............... Prince PM
May God have mercy on his female colleagues and ministers.
Btw bad choice too
