PARTLY FACETIOUS: Thinking macro not micro

"The war of the narratives has gathered momentum and you know what?"

"I really don't want to know, I am sick and tired of accusations and counter accusations, I am struggling to make ends meet and..."

"Think macro not micro...."

"My well being is determined by the micro picture, frankly I don't care if The Khan administration is doing the same o, same o...what with the inaugurations on my tax money, and don't forget even his ehsaas programme is funded from my tax rupees, and now even The Buzz has begun to inaugurate...."

"The Khan will deal with it, he has set up a large number of committees to determine the state of all sectors/subsectors and propose appropriate recommendations for reform..."

"Is there one committee for each of his appointees in the cabinet, I reckon the number must be around 50, a historic high..."

"There you go history in the making."

"I don't think so, Ishaq Dar alone headed 50 plus committees."

"Asad Umer is trying to ctach up, anyway The Khan maxed out on the number of advisors and special assistants and he thought out of the box and instituted the position of a special representative...."

"Don't be facetious, I hear it's an honorary position."

"Hey being conferred an honorary degree is not the same as accepting an honorary position, I reckon there have to be some perks, perhaps a car, perhaps a free air ticket, and that would come out of my tax rupees..."

"You don't understand how much people love The Khan - the tiger force..."

"What are they up to by the way?"

"That is for Usman Dar to know and you to find out if you can."

"Don't be facetious anyway I would like to advise The Khan's media handlers that Nawaz Sharif's two recent speeches have changed the party's narrative and they need to adjust their own narrative to the change..."

"The Khan doesn't like to adapt to a third party's change in stance, he would rather change a member of his media team."

"So now what?"

"Now the Committee Master has set up another committee to see what the opposition means by protest and he let lose his Law Minister to threaten dire action against the protesters...."

"I heard the Musharraf hearing is on 11 October, the day of the launch of the opposition protest and if past precedence is anything to go by Farogh Naseem may resign a third or is it a fourth time and..."

"Don't be facetious any way The Khan narrative is completely illogical to my mind: to argue that Nawaz Sharif must return if he wants to have a political career in the country, which incidentally he is barred from participating for ten years, and go straight to jail where he will not be heard from, instead of living a free man in London - a condition that a convicted Sharif was allowed by this government whether it was under false pretenses or not..."

"The gullibility of the government...."

"I wouldn't return in these circumstances and I would imagine given a chance neither would the fifty plus team of The Khan...."

"Hmmmm."

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