Re: Ex Caretaker Minister Salmaan Taseer named as new Punjab Governor
Far be it for me to trash another Chartered Accountant, but ST does not bring any stellar public service record. He is an old PPP loyalist, so that probably got him this appointment. Good for him.
In any case, the post of Governor is largely ceremonial (he gets to live in a pretty nice house, by the way), so anyone thinking a lame duck Governor can put a check on any kind of loot khasoot by anyone needs to think again. The check on loot khasoot is independent media and independent judiciary. I have high hopes from the former and not much from the latter, though.
Faisal bhai he is the Taseer in KPMG-THK (founding partner of Taseer Hadi Khalid) right or is that some other Taseer? Any info on how/when he became a siysatdan and media mogul?
On a side note I hear his wife is Sikh and his son is marrying a British royal.