Pakistan: Any woman in two minutes · Global Voices
Neha Viswanathan

Metroblogging Islamabad with some insight into the not too successful Prime Minister. “Shaukee's charm failed to work its magic on US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, according to a new biography of her. The book, titled Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power. describes in excruciating detail how Shaukat Aziz allegedly tried to impress Rice when she visited South Asia in March 2005. 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.”