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This is an archive article published on August 9, 2010
Zardari compared to sluggish George W Bush
Fatima compared Zardari's absence from Pakistan during the flood to sluggish response to then US President George W Bush to Hurricane Katrina.
After facing jeers and shoes,Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari8217;s absence from home as his nation is ravaged by worst ever floods,has now been compared to George W Bush8217;s sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina that submerged New Orleans in 2005.
The accusation has come from his niece Fatima Bhutto who said 8220;the only thing he seems to have accomplished was to expose the vast unpopularity of his regime.8221;
Fatima compared Zardari8217;s absence from Pakistan during the flood to sluggish response to then US President George W Bush to Hurricane Katrina.
She told 8216;Sky News8217; 8220;He Zardari managed some photo opportunity. He visited his private estate in France and got two shoes thrown at him in Burhingham. That8217;s all he is coming back to Pakistan with.8221;
Fatima was referring to PPP rally for Zardari in Burhingham where Zardari faced jeers and cat-calls.
Zardari who chose to go on a foreign tour as his country faced a disaster continues to face ire from public and media.
Media reports in Pakistan described his visit as a 8220;joy ride8221;.
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