Dawood In Karachi

There was also a lot about Dawood’s kingsize lifestyle and appetite for women "His trademark is a leather belt with a diamond-studded ‘D’ on the buckle. Its estimated cost—Pakistani Rs 2.5 million.... If the rate is Pakistani Rs 10,000 per night for a girl, he’ll pay ten times more." The don’s new lady love, the story said, was Saba, a Lahore model.

What also made one sit up was the details of how illegal money had a way of getting into Pakistan’s institutional mainstream: "If business circles are to be believed, he even helped out Pakistan’s Central Bank with a dollar loan to tide over a crisis." And how he bought loyalty. A family whose member had died for Dawood got $2,000 per month from him for life. The entire story is reminiscent of a Marquezian take on Pablo Escobar and his cocaine cartel.