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...that point, the two were urged to shake hands again, presumably for the benefit of the cameras. "I'm supposed to pose again," Palin said quietly. Pointing toward the aide that prompted them, Zardari said, "If he's insisting, I might...
...being Pakistan, attention inevitably turned to how the event was being covered in neighboring India. Times Now television introduced the clip with the words "Pakistani President Asif Zardari seems to be a big fan of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, but his first meeting with her has critics saying that he was completely a bit out of line." Strap lines across the top of the screen blared "Pak President Out of Line with Palin," "Zardari Shocks with Sexist Remark" and "Zardari Ignores Diplomatic Propriety...
...leading Pakistani feminists. "I feel it's absolutely shameful and a disgrace," says Tahira Abdullah, a prominent women's rights activist. "It is against diplomatic protocol. And he is supposed to be mourning the loss of his illustrious and so-called beloved wife. Instead, he's flirting with [Palin] in public. He should apologize to her and to Pakistanis...
...President Zardari's charm offensive on Ms. Palin was, well, offensive," wrote political analyst Mosharraf Zaidi in an op-ed for The News. "What excuse does the husband of a global feminist icon have for his faux pas?" he asked in a reference to the late Benazir Bhutto's status as the Muslim world's first female Prime Minister...
...Mabry's account of the Rice-Aziz encounter spawned a minor media storm in Pakistan, but like it, the furor over the Zardari-Palin meeting will likely soon be forgotten. With an economy in free fall and militancy on the rise, Pakistanis have little time to concern themselves for too long over how their President comports himself...