Shoe hurling - the new virus on the prowl
Shoes hurled at Zardari in Britain
LONDON: A man threw both his shoes at Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari when he was addressing a public meeting in Birmingham. The shoes landed just short of him.
The Telegraph reported that Zardari, who has been criticised for visiting Britain while there were floods in his country, was in the middle of his speech when an elderly man in the crowd hurled both shoes at him.
An unidentified man was later taken away from the Saturday evening meeting by police and security officials.
"Zardari was in the middle of a long campaign speech when a man towards the back of the crowd hurled the shoes at him," an eyewitness was quoted as saying.
"They landed short of him, and it wasn't clear what exactly the man was protesting about."
While talking to the British daily, Zardari had dismissed claims that he should have stayed at home.
He said that the visit had resulted in the floods receiving far more international attention than they might otherwise have done.
Zardari said: "These meetings are planned months in advance, and my coming abroad has drawn more attention to them than I myself would have been able to draw."
In February last year, a German student hurled a shoe at Chinese premier Wen Jiabao during his visit to Cambridge University in Britain.
the shoe that hit zardari had dog shit stuck under it and hit him in the mustache...ans some went in his mouth
later the dog (whos shit was used) was hospitalized for acute depression and low self esteem
my mental image of the event :)
Not bush..Zaidi's brother hurled his shoe at the dude who hurled the shoe at Zaidi. Memo when he was at some conference following his prison release?
FathimaH ...who was the target who got hit?
If you are referring to Bush...I dont think he got hit.
I remember Bill Gates got hit by a Cake once at close range...lol
"shoe hurlers" ,with an exception to Muntazer al-Zaidi's brother who I believe hit his target, always miss their targets though? Quite an anti climax for them I bet ;)
Chief Executive of India
Title: Prime Minister
Name: Dr Manmohan Singh
EDUCATION /Qualification:
1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh ,
1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Panjab University , Chandigarh,
1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College,Cambridge,
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge ,
1957; DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India's export competitiveness
> Working Experience [Teaching]
> Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59;
> Reader, Economics, 1959-63;
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> Professor, Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65;
> Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics,Universit y of Delhi , 1969-71;
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> Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi, 1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,1996 and Civil Servant
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> Working Experience [INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS] :
> 1966: Economic Affairs Officer
> 1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD
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> 1972-74: Deputy for India in IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform
> 1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings
> 1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting
> 1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting
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> 1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus 1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna
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> Working Experience [Government Positions]:
> 1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade
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> 1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance
> 1976-80: - Director, Reserve Bank of India; Director, Industrial Development Bank of India;
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> - Alternate governor for India , Board of governors , Asian Development Bank;
> - Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD
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> - November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs);
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> - Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission ; Member,finance, Space Commission
> April 1980 - September 15, 1982: Member-secretary, Planning Commission
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> 1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee
> September 16, 1982 - January 14 , 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India.
> 1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors, International Monetary Fund
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> 1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister
> 1985: President, Indian Economic Association
> January 15 , 1985 - July 31, 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
> August 1, 1987 - November 10, 1990: Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva
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> December 10 , 1990 - March 14, 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs
> March 15, 1991 - June 20, 1991: Chairman, UGC
> June 21, 1991 - May 15, 1996: Union finance minister
> October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket
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> June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
> 1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance
> August 1, 1996 - December 4 , 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce
> March 21, 1998 onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha
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> June 5, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on finance
> August 13, 1998 onwards: Member, committee on rules
> Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member,
> executive committee, Indian parliamentary group
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> June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha
> Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee
> 2004: Prime Minister of India
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> BOOKS:
> India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -Clarendon Press, Oxford University , 1964;
> also published a large number of articles in various economic journals .
>
> ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
> Adam Smith Prize , University of Cambridge, 1956
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> Padma Vibhushan , 1987
> Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993;
> Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia , 1993 and 1994
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> Chief Executive of Pakistan
> Title: President of Pakistan
> Name: Asif Ali Zardari
> EDUCATION /Qualification:
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> High School from Cadet College Petaro
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> Details of higher formal education not known; Claims graduation from London but not available to be verified. As per some account. His official biography says he attended a commercial college called Pedinton School . But a search of tertiary educational institutions in London showed no such school.
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> Working Experience:
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> Early days: Working at the family owned Bambino Cinema at Karachi . Some accuse Mr Zardari of small-time ticket frauds to steal money from the family business.
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Up till 1987 marriage to the future Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto): No record.
> 1988 to date: While no official record of any business exists, Mr Zardari is widely believed to be one of the (if not the) richest man in Pakistan . An unofficial list of family owned businesses, property and accounts exists but the completeness of the same cannot be verified. Mr Zardari has however been involved in various national and international cases relating to his businesses. The most significant European cases are a Swiss money-laundering inquiry and a British civil cases.
> Working Experience [Politics]:
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> 1988-1990: Husband of the Prime Minister
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> 1993-1996: Minister of Environment during his wife's second term as the Prime Minister
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> Un till 1999: Senator
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> 30 December 2007: Appointed himself as the co-chairman of the PPP, along with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
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> September 9, 2008: Zardari was elected president of Pakistan . Sworn in by Abdul Hameed Dogar, whose position as the Chiefe Justice of Pakistan remains a contested issue by an overwhelming majority of the Pakistani legal fraternity.
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> Working Experience [Other]:
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> Other experience of Mr Zardari includes his widely believed but not proven involvement in
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> - Several murders - most famously of his brother in law, possibly his wife
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> - Wrapping a bomb to the leg of a famous UK businessman to ask for money
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> - Embezzlement & looting of Billions of Pakistan's wealth
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> BOOKS:
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> None on record
> ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
> Marrying the then future and now ex (RIP) Prime Minister of Pakistan
> Only serving politician to have spent 10 years in Jail
> Told the US VP Candidate that she is "gorgeous" and said : "Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you". When the photographers asked the two to keep shaking hands, he replied : " If he insists, I might hug you". This was one day after the President delivered an emotional speech at the UN in new York waiving a photograph of his deceased wife only months after the murder of his wife.
we need to throw shoes on israeli leaders and their friends
soniya...he wants to travel as much as he can on government expenses before his time is over,,,em sure he won't stay on this presidency chair for long now..
drmana...this is some how related to ya...just imagine u catch ur hubby with a chick in a shopping mall...what will be your reaction ? ofcourse hitting him with ur sandal will be the first thing u gonna do :P heheee,,,
i know u trust him...hope that trust stays forever between u guys :)
rebel, that is where trust comes into play :-)
Now, stop hijacking the topic and concentrate on that shoe which missed its chance of glory :-)
drmana...too much space is dangerous though :D ,, and what if he mis-uses his exit permit and starts socialising with some hot chicks ??? :P
from the view below!
It seems that ZARDARI wants to travel almost all parts of the world before the PAK PEOPLE root him out from his PRESIDENCY CHAIR...
"They landed short of him, and it wasn't clear what exactly the man was protesting about."
Surely, the man was protesting about an idiotic President who cares more for himself than his people.
Lol Rebel, not really but exit permit, ha ha ha. Hubby can go out and socialise when he wants. He needs his space too
:-))
drmana...have u given a permanent exit permit to ur partner ??? :P
flor1212 u have made ur point
if that was the case u could see a reality war in its full glory :)
soniya...its every where...in my country,ur country and all over the world u find these kind of corrupt infact crruptest politicians ...zardari deserves some harsh comments full of haterd from evereyone and from all over the world and u will still find him smilin :P khottay ka bacha :P
Jack, exit permit for weekend, ROFL.....poor you :-P
rebel, i take much interest in politics and my BP too shoots up where i have to comment about someone like ZARDARI..lol
Legal-Pad did not marry a Pakistani! If he did, you will see the worst of Pakistan! Lol!
rony, check ur pm now..:)
lol Jack. I thought your famly is on vacation..now I got it.
Been busy buddy , flying this week
Arien you are welcome...lol....Next coffee meet will be called by UKEngQatar....
Arien I cant get it why you cant make it to the meet...
Ever since Asianet Middle East started telecasting the Idea Star Singer programme late .... I get the Exit Permit till 10pm on weekdays....
maybe you didnot apply for Exit permit...try applying the new ISS season just started...lol
soniya...they have been paid for the reports they have submitted,,,so after they left the reports disappeared and no action taken so far...as long as this idiot is the president nufin will happen.anyways i don't take much interest in politics..coz my blood pressure shoots up quickly :D
jackmohan2007..after reading Arien's comments and knowing his intensions , i believe we need to introduce a Shoe Shield in the market :P lets do some business and make some $$$$$ :D
saeed Jacko the CEO will announce ;)
jackmohan2007 ,,,,bush started so many strange trends during his presidency period... these kind of politicians don't even deserve our shoes..they deserve more worse
Soniya ,,,,go ahead..lets see how skillful u are at this :D
zardari deserves it for sure :)
Jacko next coffee meet am coming with a studded boot on for you, beware!!!
soniya check ur inbox :)
rebel, SCOTLAND POLICE were arrived to solve the case of BENAZIR'S death, what happened to that???
Naaah saeedji...I wanna utilize my abusive skills today...:)..
Zardari deserves it...don't u think so??
Shoethrowing is become a style nowadays....Bush started this very bad trend....lol
soniya...yes he is a big suspect in his wife's murder case..its just he is on president's seat so all cases are closed...just wait and watch what will happen to him..people are getting against him..
Oh rebel, you have boost up my confidence now...lol....
No rony...u r wrong...i cross the limits when i start abusing...lolzzzzzz
soniya ..go ahead...we don't mind anyone sayin anything about him..people back home are fighting for survival and due to floods conditions are so worse and our Mr.10% is on an official tour in Britain ... power hungry arse..bloody beggar...
AAMMEEN rebel...:))))
I hated him from the day he took over the PRESIDENT CHAIR..Infact sometimes i think that he must be behind the conspiracy to kill his own wife...:-?
soniya will the abuses go like this ....
bad guy, i/we hate u, b good :)
OMG!! so much anger and frustrations for ZARDARI...
soniya,,,its true and everyone knows that he is mantally unfit...just imagine a criminal who has served a long long time in jail due to his criminal record is the president of Pakistan...our badluck :( ,,,, he is such a coward that he doesn't use government cars to travel from one place to another..infact he uses government helicopter :P i know one day it will crash InshAllah :D
hope people welcome him with slipper in their hands, when he returns back home... :)
I'd controlled myself to say anything negative about Mr.10% in my earlier comment thinking that it might hurt the sentiments of our neighbouring buddies...
But it looks that even PAK PEOPLE are against of Mr.10%....:)
So does it mean that i can go on with all kind of abuses for him??? lol
truly said SAEEDji...BILAWAL still looks like a KIDDO...
to their countries in case of any such natural calamities like floods,earth quake,major accidents to be with their countrymen,when leaders dont follow,definitely such incidence happens.
Regarding Benazir she is charming and dashing leader,she dosen't deserve such death.
Khanan saw Bilawal Zardari's photos today, Zardari's son is quite a playboy ;)
lol rebel...i am appalled with your statement that " he is not menatally fit too."....ROFL..
Zardari is very well known as Mr.10% in pakistan...he just used his wife's name to get the president seat,he is not mentaly fit too :P lolzzzz... ..i wish that old man would have thrown sharp knife at him...
I second your thoughts saeedkan!
saeed, yes..but i don't want myself to drag in an ugly spat with the people of our neighbouring country..I do speak truth but sometimes it's better to keep it inside.
I was really shocked when BENAZIR died..I wasn't able to eat for few days..she was my FAVOURITE leader and i really wanted her to win the PAK ELECTION that time...I was pregnant as well when she died...It affected my health for few days till i overcome from the news of her death...May her soul RIP..
The history has got repeated again..I've not seen the video footage of SHOE HURLING on ZARDARI yet but the BUSH incident is still fresh in my memories...I think this would be the Zardari's second shock of his life after loosing his wife in SUICIDE ATTACK in 2007...
started with Bush will it end with Zardari, no way they have started special diploma course on the "Art of Shoe/Sandal Hurling" :)
they shld practice well before...