INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
lobbying firm in Washington for one month in February this year and paid $100,000 fees for setting up meetings and media interviews for
Stember is President at Gunster Strategies Worldwide and describes himself as a political and strategic fixer.A spokesman of the lobbying
firm as well as a PPP senior leader, requesting anonymity, confirmed to The News that the Gunster was hired from 2nd February 2018 till 2nd
The Gunster Strategies Worldwide confirmed that it had been signed up to act on behalf of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the PPP.The
with regard to an upcoming visit by the chairman of the PPP, Mr Bilawal Butto Zaradi, registrant promises to arrange interaction between the
chairman and various members of the congressional and executive branches
that the payment will be made in advance on February 2, 2018.During his visit to the Washington DC, Bilawal Bhutto held many meetings
arranged by the lobbying firm
The PPP media cell and Bilawal posted pictures of himself with US Secretary of State Mr RexTillerson and his wife
Bhutto addressed the Woodrow Wilson Institute where he spoke about the need of a strong democracy in Pakistan to defeat terrorism and
Zardari's week-long visit to Washington DC in February this year was in pursuance of the invitation to the National Breakfast Prayer events
surrounding the National Breakfast Prayer
However, taking advantage of it the Chairman PPP also met some US Congressmen, addressed private think tanks, met some members of Pakistani
Most of the meetings during the visit therefore were arranged by friends of the family in the US at a personal level
The NBP Committee also arranges side meetings focusing on faith, peace and harmony
During this visit with a view to exploring whether it is worthwhile to hire lobbyists in the US in the future we also engaged services of a
lobbyist on part time basis
The purpose of the meetings of course was to put across Pakistan's case on various issues and to seek support for human development projects
In 2011, the PPP govt had hired Locke Lord Strategies to launch a charm offensive at the Capitol Hill
Benazir Bhutto had hired Mark Siegel, a political operative who had been executive director of the Democratic National Committee, to act on
behalf of the Pakistani government
The martyred Benazir Bhutto had also hired BKSH Associates in 2007 to counter Pervez Musharraf who had grown too close to the then US
