Anjum Niaz

Now back to our two billionaire leaders and the need for them to fly to Dubai and London. If you have an iota of common sense, tell me, how does one manage a $ billion-and-a-half portfolio in money markets abroad? Naturally Zardari and Nawaz Sharif have to make a dash now and then to instruct their attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and property managers administering their vast wealth. Their physical presence is demanded; their signatures affixed whenever they place bets or acquire additional wealth. Unlike Pakistan, where even forged signatures are accepted as real, the financial centres of the world want the man investing millions present before them in flesh and blood.

Get my drift? Now don't go wondering the next time you hear our billionaire leaders heading west. You should have the sense to know that they have gone to conduct their personal business on the pretext of conducting yours and mine business at our expense.