After being accused of helping to steal paintings of an internationally acclaimed Pakistani artist, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is in news once again. And this time, the President has topped a unique list of influential people who were absent when they were needed the most.
At the time when Pakistan has been hit by the worst flood in 80 years, the country`s President was on a foreign visit.
The `Foreign Policy` magazine has released a list of five such people. It says, Zardari was travelling in Europe when millions of people had been affected by the devastating floods and hundreds others hit by political violence in his country.
"For a world leader, being seen directing relief efforts (or at least showing sympathy for the victims) is usually a good idea when a natural disaster strikes.”
"But for Pakistan`s Zardari, forging ahead with a tour of Europe seemed more important -- even after US officials privately urged him to discontinue the lavish trip, which allegedly included hotel stays that cost more than USD 11,000 a night," the Foreign Policy magazine said.
Zardari`s officials fired back, saying the President chose the "cheapest five-star hotel" in London – the Churchill Hyatt Regency -- and even chose not to sleep in the royal suite, the magazine wrote.
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