Re: Former PM Aziz dismisses PML-Q Lotas as a political force
Referring to the 2005 visit of Rice to South Asia, the author writes: "Yet, when Rice sat down with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, who fancies himself as ladies' man, Aziz puffed himself up and held forth in what he obviously thought was his seductive baritone (He bragged - to Western diplomats, no less - that he could conquer any woman in two minutes)."
"(He tried) this Savile Row-suited gigolo kind of charm: 'Pakistan is a country of rich traditions,' staring in (Rice's) eyes," a participant at the meeting recalled. "There was this test of wills where he was trying to use all his charms on her as a woman, and she just basically stared him down. By the end of the meeting, he was babbling," the author added.