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Partly Facetious: Who's the most popular leader in country?

"Polls show that The Khan is the most popular leader in the country today."
Published May 17, 2019

"Polls show that The Khan is the most popular leader in the country today."
"Now that doesn't surprise me at all."
"Me too, he may still be learning the ropes in how to run a government but compared to the alternatives I still support him."
"There is research that someone who is corrupt is preferable to one who is incompetent."
"Yeah I heard that but the question is one of degree - how corrupt, I mean 20 percent, 25 percent, 80 percent, and how incompetent, can the person at least ensure that his directives are followed..."
"Well, that's where partisanship comes in - a Zardi, let's say, may concede that Zardari sahib is 60 percent corrupt and 65 percent competent while a Nawala will say Nawaz Sharif is 64 percent corrupt, less than Zardari sahib they always claim after the Surrey Palace though I am not sure if they have changed their minds after Panama papers..."
"Oye you will get into trouble with statistics."
"Why? Our pollsters don't."
"That's because they always come out in favour of the country's current chief executive, remember when Nawaz Sharif was in power and Panama papers had been reported and yet Sharif emerged as the most popular leader, and now Gallup Pakistan is saying The Khan is the most popular of them all..."
"Reminds me of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, remember the step mom who would go to the magic mirror every day and ask mirror, mirror on the wall who is the fairest amongst us all and the mirror would always say it was her."
"But be fair to the mirror - once Snow White grew up and qualified as an adult then the mirror named her as the fairest of them all."
"Hmmm, grow up, interesting but unknown concept for our politicians, anyway our pollsters only dump a leader once the people dump the leader...."
"And that is because the pollsters are democratic at heart, my friend."
"Don't be facetious."
"Oh, and Buzdaar has 30 percent rating and The Hawk in Karachi has 27 percent."
"Hmmm, there is method in the pollsters seeming madness...Buzdaar is The Khan's selection while Murad Ali Shah is Zardari sahib's selection."
"I think I get it."

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