Islamabad: President Pervez Musharraf and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan are among the winners of the 'Hall of Shame awards' for 2007 announced by a Pakistani magazine.
Musharraf bagged two Hall of Shame awards 'The Pinocchio award for playing with facts' and 'The Richard Nixon award for dirtiest political ads'.
Khan, whose politics is not taken seriously in Pakistan and at best rated as single column news items in most newspapers, is seen as the voice of Pakistan by many outside the country.
The World Cup-winning captain, currently in the US to speak on 'Pakistan's political future: an alternative perspective', was given the 'Paris Hilton award for being the most undeserving media darling' by the Newsline magazine.
The 'citation' for Khan reads: "He is the leader of a party that is the proud holder of one National Assembly seat (and) gets media coverage inversely proportional to his political influence."
The 'citation' for Musharraf's Pinocchio award reads: "This award was hotly contested between President Musharraf, General Musharraf and the artist formerly known as Pervez Musharraf. Staving off stiff competition from himself, the award goes to Musharraf for this gem of an interview he gave to The New York Times: 'I know what they (Pakistanis) feel about the Emergency when all these suicide bombings were taking place. Their view is, 'Why have I done it so late?'"
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