Partly Facetious: you will never get a government without Lotas
"Good one that!"
"What?"
"The ARD, a composite of many non-Lota parties, has asked NAB to look into allegations against the Sindh Revenue Minister made by the Sindh Chief Minister and the allegations made against the Sindh Chief Minister by the sacked Revenue Minister."
"Ah, that is not in the national interest."
"Are you crazy? The Government of a province is in trouble, one member accusing another of gross corruption and the corruption watchdog has nothing to say."
"That sounds odd to you? Where have you lived all your life?"
"But they must deal with the issue, at least register a case or something. Even if they don't do anything afterwards there is a need to register a case don't you think? I mean it is not an internal matter for the PML (Lota) group. The accusations deal with money made through holding of a public office right! And if they are accountable to the public then the public watchdog NAB must enter the picture."
"Right, but that is not how democracy works in our country and you know it."
"Speaking of democracy no one knows how our democracy works. Especially not people in the West. Musharraf in an interview to CNN said the Constitution of Pakistan allowed him to hold two offices and the world should not grudge him that. I know what you are going to say, it's the very same constitution that he has tampered with quite often, all in the national interest, but that is neither here nor there. He also said the uniform allowed him to change the realities in Pakistan and I ask you would any of the Lotas do what he tells them to if he wasn't wearing the uniform. He said we were almost going to be declared a failed state, that one I never heard before, a defaulted state and a terrorist state in 1999, he said and added we have a totally different image now."
"The funny thing is he believes every word. I think the Lotas and the sycophants have actually convinced him to see the truth behind our new and improved democracy through a highly coloured prism."
"The prism was created by them, though. But you are right the Lotas reinforce it every step of the way, we must get rid of the Lotas."
"The way things are you will never get a government without Lotas. Even if you call Nawaz and Benazir back."
"That's unfortunately true. The Musharrafites will abandon his so-called policies and everything he stands for the moment he is out of power."
"Can't argue with national interest, man!"
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