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Was President Zardari too embarrassed to decorate China's envoy that he needed to balance it with Boucher? Why Boucher was awarded Pakistan's highest civil award, the Crescent of The Great Leader? Because his government killed Pakistanis, displaced thousands of them, turned Afghanistan into a den of anti-Pakistanism, and empowered India against us? Or was the President using an official award to thank the man who helped him get his hands on his – and his late wife's – millions of dollars in illegal wealth? By AHMED QURAISHI Wednesday, 7 January 2008. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Why would the Pakistani president decorate a deserving Chinese official with the country's highest civilian award and then follow it up the next day by awarding an undeserving U.S. official? President Asif Zardari couldn't wait after decorating Luo Zhaohui, the Chinese ambassador, on Saturday. Come Monday, the first thing he did was to decorate Bush admin official Richard Boucher with the same aw...