Pakistani PM favourite with spoof writers

Islamabad, Jan 28 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani is hot favourite among the spoof writers these
days and is keeping them busy in churning out stories on his
"love-hate relationship" with President Asif Ali Zardari.

In a fictional story on thespoof.com, a website that
regularly lampoons political leaders from around the world,
reveals, "Bumbling Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani
is…(angry) that President Zardari is not showing him enough
respect."

"I am the actual Pakistani ruler," declares Gilani in the
fictional story which was put out shortly after he sacked his
National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani for telling the
media that the lone surviving Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Kasab
was a Pakistani national.

The story says Durrani was sacked for "not showing him
(Gilani) respect by telling the truth and making Pakistan look
bad".

Writer Shea Lo shows Gilani hosting a late night comedy
show "More Pakistani lies and political fumblings" in which he
blames the world for making a big deal about the Mumbai
carnage when only a few people died.

In the show he claims he had "evidence" that the
surviving Mumbai terrorist was actually an "androgynous
Japanese robot" programmed to make Pakistan look bad.

Many scoops have been made out of Gilani's fumbles during
news conferences and interviews. During an interview last week
with the Financial Times, Gilani said, "We are a responsible
country, we are a nuclear power and the nuclear power should
behave in a better power."

Geo TV is also running a spoof on Gilani in its popular

In comedy series "Ek Din Geo Ke Saath" , the reporter
waits for over an hour till the Premier finishes his glass of
pomegranate juice and after having juice he tells the scribe
that the juice can help him to become a Prime Minister.

When asked, whom he would like to thank for making him
Prime Minister, the actor playing Gilani says, "Aishwarya Rai"
who is his favourite actress. He watched all of Rai's films
when he was in jail some years ago.

Asked if he could change the fate of poor Pakistanis by
saying special prayers, the actor portraying Gilani says he
could not because he is not a practicing "Pir". In real life,
Gilani hails from a family of Pirs.

The highlight of the spoof was that piece in which the
actor portraying Gilani drives a tractor to show how he runs
his government. PTI RHL
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