Author: ANI
Publication: Yahoo News
Date: February 10, 2004
URL: http://in.news.yahoo.com/040210/139/2bewt.html
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf
has hired Frank Howard Jr., the man who managed President George W. Bush's
election campaign in 2001, as his key lobbyist in Washington.
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the acting
parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, disclosed this.
Khan told the Dawn newspaper that
Howard was running a public relations firm in Bethesda, Maryland, and had
played an important role in the Bush-Cheney election campaign.
He also claimed that Howard was
staying at a five-star hotel here for the past many days, and was meeting
a number of people.
Demanding that the government should
inform the nation about Howard's appointment, he said it was every citizen's
right to know whether secret funds were being used to meet Howard's expenses.
When contacted at his hotel, Howard
confirmed that he was running a public relations firm named "Eagle" and
was here on "business".
