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      <title>Raja Rental - The next Prime Minister of Pakistan</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Raja Pervez Ashraf a.k.a Raja rental held accountable for the $5 Billion Rental power scam, is now Zardariâ€™s best bet. The man reportedly born in Sanghar has been accused and tried for many corrupt cases and allegations and quite popularly known for his scams.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Not only this, but because of the same rapport, he was forced to resign from the cabinet by the Supreme Court. Suddenly lucky, Mr. Raja Rental, is now our only hope, as put forward by the government for the PMâ€™s candidate. The game now becomes quite interesting as we see Zardariâ€™s 12th batsman taking on the nation for the most unanticipated innings in years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ashraf has been heavily criticised for his role as water and power minister with serious allegations of corruption and controversy. He also served as IT minister until the Supreme Court dismissed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Ashraf is the covering candidate for Makhdoom Shahabuddin after the former textile minister was issued arrest warrant over drugs scandal. It is believed that Ashraf is the leading candidate for premiership&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The new prime minister will have to face the same pressure of writing letter to Swiss, triggering the possibility of calling elections before the due date.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Soon after the news appeared of Ashraf filing for PM nomination, trends, by the name ,â€˜Raja Rentalâ€™ surfaced on the social network, twitter; the title became popular among the masses after his invlovement in the infamous Rental Power Plants.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Following reactions feature popular tweets stating expectations from various opinion leaders in the country&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/BabyBhutto"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Baby Bhutto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;BabyBhutto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Uncle &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt;'s dream of buying a private island is about to become a reality! Thank you Taxpayers! .........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/adeelraja"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Adeel Raja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;adeelraja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Will PML-N support Maulana against &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt;? :P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/M_Saad_K"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Saad Khan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;M_Saad_K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Raja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; new PM candidate.. Will he live in a '&lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; PM House' ?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/a_guy_nextdoor"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Nouman Khan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;a_guy_nextdoor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;So if still you have't believed that 'Democracy is the best revenge', &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; is here to teach you again!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/khuram1974"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Khuram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;khuram1974&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Raja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; will make Gillani look good...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/iharis786"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Haris Ahsan Hashmi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;iharis786&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Raja&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;rental&lt;/strong&gt; no.1 trend in Pakistan lol. surely Pakistan going backwards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/feeraz_khan"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Faraz Khan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;feeraz_khan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp;"&gt;Must say my highlight of the day is that pretty much the whole nation agrees to the name, &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/RohailBukhari"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Rohail Bukhari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;RohailBukhari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;"&lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;rental&lt;/strong&gt; is the best revenge.come my boy and punish these bloody masses"-Zardari&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/58R"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Dr Rashid Ali&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;58R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/humorcarbons"&gt;@&lt;strong&gt;humorcarbons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/FarrukhSiddiqui"&gt;@&lt;strong&gt;FarrukhSiddiqui&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Light at the end of the tunnel is being switched off... Why? &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; has just bought the tunnel :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/Assadk"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Assadk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Assadk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;So, in the 24 hours that &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; was announced as PPP candidate for PM, both generators at home and office have failed. Ominous darkness&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/MaulanaDiesel"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Maulana Diesel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;MaulanaDiesel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;Pakistan is blessed to have leaders like Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Molana Fazal, Asfandyar Wali, Altaf Hussain, Gillani &amp;amp; now &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; :p&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/newbie_tweeter"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Es-Ali.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;newbie_tweeter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt;, Qaumi Mental! â€œ&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/JamshedMemon"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Jamshed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;JamshedMemon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; must be very happy .. he is trending in Pakistan for first time .. Badnam agar honge to kia naam na hoga&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/XyazzRajp"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Forest Walker &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;XyazzRajp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;PPP must be horse trading right now to get &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; elected&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/yaaliadriknee"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Rizi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;yaaliadriknee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; becomes &lt;a title="#ppp" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23ppp"&gt;#&lt;strong&gt;ppp&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;;s next pm. Corruption tops the list of required qualification to land a ppp post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/lovemedear"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Muhammad Azhar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;lovemedear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/a_maliha"&gt;@&lt;strong&gt;a_maliha&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Tsunami yes coming in NA today tsunami mean &lt;strong&gt;raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;rental&lt;/strong&gt;.lol&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/yaaliadriknee"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Rizi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;â€&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;@&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="username"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;yaaliadriknee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="js-tweet-text"&gt;&lt;a title="#PPP" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23PPP"&gt;#&lt;strong&gt;PPP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; awards the pm post to Mr &lt;strong&gt;Raja&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Rental&lt;/strong&gt; for his untiring efforts to rid Pakistani ppl from &lt;a title="#bijli" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23bijli"&gt;#&lt;strong&gt;bijli&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; once &amp;amp; forever.&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>Raja Pervez Ashraf a.k.a Raja rental held accountable for the $5 Billion Rental power scam, is now Zardariâ€™s best bet. The man reportedly born in Sanghar has been accused and tried for many corrupt cases and allegations and quite popularly known for his scams.</p>
<p>Not only this, but because of the same rapport, he was forced to resign from the cabinet by the Supreme Court. Suddenly lucky, Mr. Raja Rental, is now our only hope, as put forward by the government for the PMâ€™s candidate. The game now becomes quite interesting as we see Zardariâ€™s 12th batsman taking on the nation for the most unanticipated innings in years.</p>
<p>Ashraf has been heavily criticised for his role as water and power minister with serious allegations of corruption and controversy. He also served as IT minister until the Supreme Court dismissed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday.<span> </span>Ashraf is the covering candidate for Makhdoom Shahabuddin after the former textile minister was issued arrest warrant over drugs scandal. It is believed that Ashraf is the leading candidate for premiership</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The new prime minister will have to face the same pressure of writing letter to Swiss, triggering the possibility of calling elections before the due date.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Soon after the news appeared of Ashraf filing for PM nomination, trends, by the name ,â€˜Raja Rentalâ€™ surfaced on the social network, twitter; the title became popular among the masses after his invlovement in the infamous Rental Power Plants.</p>
<p>Following reactions feature popular tweets stating expectations from various opinion leaders in the country</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/BabyBhutto"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Baby Bhutto</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">BabyBhutto</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Uncle <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong>'s dream of buying a private island is about to become a reality! Thank you Taxpayers! .........</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/adeelraja"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Adeel Raja</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">adeelraja</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Will PML-N support Maulana against <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong>? :P</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/M_Saad_K"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Saad Khan</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">M_Saad_K</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Raja</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> <strong>Rental</strong> new PM candidate.. Will he live in a '<strong>Rental</strong> PM House' ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/a_guy_nextdoor"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Nouman Khan</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">a_guy_nextdoor</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">So if still you have't believed that 'Democracy is the best revenge', <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> is here to teach you again!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/khuram1974"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Khuram</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">khuram1974</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Raja</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> <strong>Rental</strong> will make Gillani look good...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/iharis786"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Haris Ahsan Hashmi</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">iharis786</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Raja</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> <strong>rental</strong> no.1 trend in Pakistan lol. surely Pakistan going backwards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/feeraz_khan"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Faraz Khan</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> â€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">@</span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">feeraz_khan</span></strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">Must say my highlight of the day is that pretty much the whole nation agrees to the name, <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/RohailBukhari"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rohail Bukhari</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">RohailBukhari</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text">"<strong>Raja</strong> <strong>rental</strong> is the best revenge.come my boy and punish these bloody masses"-Zardari</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/58R"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dr Rashid Ali</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">58R</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/humorcarbons">@<strong>humorcarbons</strong></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/FarrukhSiddiqui">@<strong>FarrukhSiddiqui</strong></a> Light at the end of the tunnel is being switched off... Why? <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> has just bought the tunnel :)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/Assadk"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Assadk</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Assadk</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text">So, in the 24 hours that <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> was announced as PPP candidate for PM, both generators at home and office have failed. Ominous darkness</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/MaulanaDiesel"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Maulana Diesel</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MaulanaDiesel</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text">Pakistan is blessed to have leaders like Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Molana Fazal, Asfandyar Wali, Altaf Hussain, Gillani &amp; now <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> :p</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/newbie_tweeter"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Es-Ali.</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">newbie_tweeter</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text"><strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong>, Qaumi Mental! â€œ</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/JamshedMemon"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jamshed</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">JamshedMemon</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text"><strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> must be very happy .. he is trending in Pakistan for first time .. Badnam agar honge to kia naam na hoga</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/XyazzRajp"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Forest Walker </span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">XyazzRajp</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text">PPP must be horse trading right now to get <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> elected</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/yaaliadriknee"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rizi</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">yaaliadriknee</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text"><strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> becomes <a title="#ppp" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23ppp">#<strong>ppp</strong></a>;s next pm. Corruption tops the list of required qualification to land a ppp post.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/lovemedear"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Muhammad Azhar</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">lovemedear</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/a_maliha">@<strong>a_maliha</strong></a> Tsunami yes coming in NA today tsunami mean <strong>raja</strong> <strong>rental</strong>.lol</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/yaaliadriknee"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rizi</span></strong> <span style="font-family: Arial;">â€</span><span class="username"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">@</span></span><span class="username"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">yaaliadriknee</span></strong></span> </a></p>
<p class="js-tweet-text"><a title="#PPP" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23PPP">#<strong>PPP</strong></a> awards the pm post to Mr <strong>Raja</strong> <strong>Rental</strong> for his untiring efforts to rid Pakistani ppl from <a title="#bijli" href="https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23bijli">#<strong>bijli</strong></a> once &amp; forever.</p>
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