"Pakistani newspapers are buzzing with reports that the son of Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi works for Sen. John Kerry, man of the hour in helping resolve Afghanistan's elections dispute.
A spokesman for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told POLITICO that Zain H. Qureshi has served as an intern in Kerry's personal Senate office. He said it was his understanding that the internship has concluded. He didn't immediately know the duration of Qureshi's work in Kerry's office.
A business card circulating on Pakistani sites describes Zain Qureshi as a legislative fellow in Kerry's Senate office.
Pakistani media are portraying the association between the Pakistani envoy's son and the Senate Foreign Relations committee chair as problematic, and fodder for ongoing Pakistani suspicion about recently passed U.S. legislation that provides for $7.5 billion in US assistance to Pakistan over the next five years. Pakistani military leaders have criticized the "Kerry-Lugar-Berman" bill as attempting to infringe on sovereignty.... have also portrayed Pakistani civilian leaders including Foreign Minister Qureshi and Ambassador Husain Haqqani as complicit in giving the nod to the legislation..."
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As if juicy tidbits about “Meera” aren’t bizarre enough already, staggering reports about Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s son, “Zain H. Qureshi” are a ‘special’ and hopefully ‘limited’ edition to tabloid journalism in the country. The intern who has been ripped to shreds for his internship at Senator John Kerry’s Office is alleged to have been complicit in drafting the controversial Kerry Lugar legislation in his capacity as “legislative fellow” during the period of his internship. So much for gaining pre-professional work experience prior to graduation! What is more amusing is the portrayal of this association between the FM’s son and the Senate Foreign Relations committee chair as being covert and classified, intensifying Pakistani suspicion about recently passed and highly controversial “Kerry Lugar Bill.”
http://ahraza.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/zain-hussain-qureshi-drowning-in-the-sea-of-pointless-pointlessness-pointlessly/
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