The Tyrrhenian Sea

January 2021. Thomas Silvi

Stefano, the Pontederese who became superstar in Pakistan thanks to dog races
The international boxer and "passporter" called by the government for some dog shows, found himself on maxi-manifesti and tgs

Despite a "ghost" government and the economic crisis caused by the virus that is advancing to large falcate, Italy remains a dream country for someone. Everyone wants to take a picture with me. Our skin color, our way of dressing, are elements that witch people. Here they are all in love with Italy. A pontoise in Pakistan. It seems the title of a film, but it's all true. And the invitation came directly from the government. He is Stefano Bartolini, 59 years old. By profession international judge at the dog shows. I have been a boxer for 38 years - he says - and for over twenty years I have been able to judge all races. I am what, in gergo technical, is called judge "all round." Stefano has been in different parts of the world, from Siberia to Bahrain. In the past weeks he has received a particular communication.

The government of Pakistan has written to me, calling me to judge some dog shows that are organized directly by the State. I have received some exponents of the political class, who told me the history and present of the country. The dogs, here, are considered practically like the people. There is a lot of attention to their health and their care. There are some beautiful specimens., continues Bartolini, which is still in the fifth most populous state in the world, in South Asia, where it landed two weeks ago..It is not easy to enter Pakistan - he says -, there are many documents to present and in any case it always needs a permission from the government. The area in which I am very close to India, and breathes the same culture. However - the authorities in Pakistan there are also masks and hygienicizing gels, but the crownvirus has had another impact on the population compared to Europe. The people heard about the virus, knows it exists. However - the name of the local breeding and judge of a dogry speak us about it, when they are thought of the bridge - they are almost dead.

But the attention is not only directed to four-legged friends. Because those who come from Italy, for the inhabitants of this part of the Planet, always have something to teach. And so, Stefano found himself inside a gym.. I have a friend who has a center fitness, even if he calls it so - says Bartolini - it is perhaps exaggerated. The equipment is those that were used in Italy 30-40 years ago. His intention would be to modernize it, to give a new cut to his activity. More European. An emissary of the Pakistani government wanted my advice to understand how it could be the future of that gym, and in the meantime I was asked to enter society. I am considering the opportunity, because if I said "yes" then I would be forced to come here once every 3-4 months. Stefano thinks about the Pakistani business, and in the meantime lives as celebrities. In good and bad. For the first time in my life I am understanding the stress of the famous personalities. For me it is impossible to make two steps quietly, they come to the business, they are still people who want to shoot all the same time and I want to shoot myself. Barcand also beautiful. It is all to the same. It is a photos is also beautiful. It is also is a new. It is not only for me. It is a photo.

The State also makes the bodyguard available to him

Stefano Bartolini, tells the economic life of the South Asian country.. An average worker receives 100 euros per month, for ten hours of work seven days a week. The labor costs really little. In Bartolini the government has assigned a bodyguard, who follows him armed everywhere..He too is paid 100 euros per month, for ten hours of work every day. Life in general costs little, but there is really much poverty. The most paid job?.The policeman - says Bartolini - who can earn even 250 euros per month. In the photos published some moments of the adventure in Pakistan of the breeder and international judge.