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Opinion Print 2020-02-07

Partly Facetious : There are many disenchanted Kashmiris

"It's not as if I am a Khanzadeh anymore given the rate of inflation...."
Published February 7, 2020

"It's not as if I am a Khanzadeh anymore given the rate of inflation...."

"Hmmm, there are many disenchanted Kashmiris because of inflation in the Land of the Khan."

"The land of the Pure is how Pakistan translates - I mean no individual can possibly rise to the level of our country. The Father of our Nation Mohammad Ali Jinnah never ever considered naming the country Jinnahabad."

"But there is the Jinnah airport, Jinnahbad in Abbottabad, a Jinnahabad in Karachi, Jinnah Avenues throughout the country, there is also a Benazirabad in Karachi, Benazir kulfa and..."

"But Benazir's name has been dropped from the International Airport at Islamabad and Benazir Income Support Programme - the first by Nawaz Sharif and the second by The Khan..."

"Right, Nawaz Sharif's decision may have been petty, but The Khan's decision was political and you guys say he has no clue about politics."

"The PPP lost the popular vote after the BISP was launched you know, so there is little if any political advantage in naming a programme, funded by our tax money, for their leader."

"Name calling is another matter though right - that's what our politics is based on and..."

"Indeed, though I do miss Shahbaz Sharif as the Chief Minister Punjab, did you hear the lack luster monotonous speech that The Buzz delivered on Kashmir day but I am amazed at PML-N party's latest claim: that Nawaz Sharif is very ill and won't get operated on till his daughter is with him..."

"Maryam is convicted though her sentence has been set aside..."

"Right, but her two brothers are absconders, her dad is convicted and in England for medical treatment and has yet to secure an extension for his stay in the UK and he has his two sons with him, his brother, his daughter and...and wait Maryam is on record as having falsely stated that she has no property under her name and..."

"But Maryam is the closest to her daddy's heart as the first born."

"So all those with him are lighter than Maryam in the elder Sharif's affections?"

"Her one tweet, just one tweet..."

"Don't be facetious."

"The thing is that the deal included Maryam's safe passage out of the country and while more legally challenging aspects of the deal have been delivered, yet this remains pending."

"Or so you speculate."

"So I speculate and The Khan is not likely to let the only trump card left in his arsenal where the PML-N is concerned go abroad."

"Hmm."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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