ARTICLE: "I think the people of Karachi are going to be glad to have voted for The Khan." "Because he tasked NDMA to clean up Karachi's blocked nullahs and drains and..."
"Indeed."
"But may I bring to your notice that the people of Karachi are not stupid."
"I didn't say they were - but remember they are resident in a city that never used to receive as much rain as it does now...that dratted climate change and..."
"What!"
"Aren't these heavy rainfalls in the city a relatively recent phenomenon? And....let me finish...don't forget that in Europe at one time the summers were for no more than a week or so which meant that air-conditioners were not in demand in offices or homes, or even fans, and the houses were designed to keep in the heat because of the long winters rather than for the summer...."
"So you reckon because Karachi was not used to heavy rainfall the city dwellers thought it appropriate to throw their waste in the nullahs and the drains and..."
"Ha ha that unfortunately is tradition and I hope that our Federal Education Minister would include hygiene as a major subject in elementary and secondary education ....anyway the Karachi city administrations didn't bother about the blockages because hey what was the point!"
"You are being facetious anyway a businessman called Teli has said Karachi should be given to the army for five years and need I add thousands upon thousands of Karachiites have supported him and..."
"I would say millions if the city is cleaned but come election time wouldn't these people support The Khan because it was he who called the army and..."
"Time will tell but I don't think so."
"Democracy is the best revenge, remember!"
"I am not going to respond on the grounds that it may impact on my physical health anyway the point is that in politics one never knows the outcome of a decision till much later and then too other elements may become more relevant and..."
"That's true, what did you think of the new map?"
"There will be a tit for tat, India would present AJK as disputed territory, wait doesn't Modi claim that as Indian?!"
"Doesn't matter I know that multilaterals hesitate to launch projects in both IHK and AJK unless supported by Pakistan for IHK projects and by India for projects in AJK."
"I used to think IHK stands for Imran Highness Khan."
"Oh stop it."
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