Thursday, July 2, 2009

Mooda Bhatti of Science College




Yesterday I was reading Shireen Mazari's article in The News and she mentioned of Pakistani origin French dress designer - Mahmood Bhatti.

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/arc_news.asp?id=9

"Appointment of political envoys, a questionable tradition when it becomes the norm rather than a means of recognising exceptional talent such as Dr Lodhi, has gone into the area of the bizarre with the new trend of putting in political appointees even as first secretaries. Now we have the ridiculous situation of sending in a Grade 20 DMG officer as an envoy to France – a position normally reserved for one of the most senior diplomats. But there is a darker agenda here that now seems to be becoming more obvious: the sale of Pakistan House. For some time now the designer Bhatti has been seeking to purchase this and it has been rumoured that the present leadership is keen to sell this valuable property. So is it a mere coincidence that the DMG gatecrasher is a close friend of Mr Bhatti? There are many other rumours also linked to this gentleman, and they will eventually surface. Suffice it to say that in an environment when democracy is merely a facade for a civilian autocrat, the 'right' familial connections are becoming the ultimate criteria for rewards at the expense of the state and nation."

Mooda Bhatti (Mooday - as we called him) was a spoiled student of Government College of Science, Wahdat Road way back in 1973-1977. He was expelled from college for being caught playing "Flash" right on the roof of college principal. He appeared as a private student for BA exam and cleared it "miraculously" without any class attended in his 4 years college stay. Later he left for France and the rest is a rags to riches story - how from a garments factory cleaner he became factory owner. Now he wants to buy a prime real estate in Paris currently owned by Pakistan at a throwaway price - thanks to the connections he made over in Pakistan with his money and fashion shows. These also helped him to get prestigious "Sitara i Imtiaz". Bhatti Saab lage raho and get Pakistan House dirt cheap to convert it to a hotel in partnership with your so called papa - Hashwani saab. Who said Pakistan is self-sufficient in greed and self-projection at the cost of damaging the interests of Pakistan?

1 comment:

  1. Some opposition leaders suspect that the choice of a non-career diplomat as ambassador to France may be linked to a lucrative commercial deal with promise of heavy kickbacks. “It’s all about money, power and kickbacks,” is how a key one opposition party leader summed it up.

    http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=23060

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