3rd world country President spends $5,000 per night in U.S.
President Zardari stayed in the $5,000 (approximately 4.1 lakh rupees) per night presidential suite at sixth floor of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was given a separate suite, which cost $2,600 per night.
Low ranking officers also stayed on the same floor.
Pakistan - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director General Dr Shoaib Suddle and Interior Minister Rehman Malik apparently do not need any additional security and were not accomodated on the same floor.
A Pakistan embassy official said Zardari’s stay was the cheapest compared with the past rulers.
He also said that it was the requirement of the hotel that the president should stay at the 6th floor because of security concerns.
A total of 26 rooms were available on the 6th floor (listed rates between $350 and $900 per night).
The Preseident could have stayed in one of these AND provided these to senior Pakistani officials.
He said what was spent on the stay of Zardari and his entourage at the hotel matters nothing in view of the gains that this trip had made forthe country himself.
"The official media team was included in the 62-member delegation of Zardari, but many other journalists were also in Washington at government expense."
President Zardari stayed in the $5,000 (approximately 4.1 lakh rupees) per night presidential suite at sixth floor of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was given a separate suite, which cost $2,600 per night.
Low ranking officers also stayed on the same floor.
Pakistan - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt-Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director General Dr Shoaib Suddle and Interior Minister Rehman Malik apparently do not need any additional security and were not accomodated on the same floor.
A Pakistan embassy official said Zardari’s stay was the cheapest compared with the past rulers.
He also said that it was the requirement of the hotel that the president should stay at the 6th floor because of security concerns.
A total of 26 rooms were available on the 6th floor (listed rates between $350 and $900 per night).
The Preseident could have stayed in one of these AND provided these to senior Pakistani officials.
He said what was spent on the stay of Zardari and his entourage at the hotel matters nothing in view of the gains that this trip had made for
"The official media team was included in the 62-member delegation of Zardari, but many other journalists were also in Washington at government expense."