PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who is Wasim Akram Plus One?

"The Khan has broken my heart and I no longer support him from the heart."

"Whatever do you mean? What about inflation and unemployment and his insistence that the economy is now stable while being unaware that the recent spurt in output is due to the suspension of the International Monetary Fund programme which his economic team leaders are desperately trying to restore because our foreign exchange reserves are backed by debt and the revenue collection is poor...."

"That hit my pocket book and I lay the entire blame on his economic team leaders for misguiding him and not presenting an accurate picture and..."

"What about his failure to convict anyone from the long list of those he accuses of corruption and money laundering, I mean he got Nawaz Sharif...."

"Nawaz Sharif was got as you put it in 2017 when The Khan was not the prime minister."

"What about the hiccups in BRT Peshawar, what about the failure to hold his own team accountable and by team I mean his 50 plus ministers plus the Wasim Akram Plus and Wasim Akram Plus one..."

"Who is Wasim Akram Plus One?"

"Firdous Ashiq Awan who appears to be representing The Khan rather than The Buzz..."

"Hmmm but here too I would say The Khan's intent is honest and he has never been directly involved in any corrupt practice or ..."

"OK so what happened that he broke your heart?"

"Our Hazara brothers - men and women, old and young, some as young as one to two year old - have been sitting in temperatures of minus 10 degrees waiting for him and he first sends Sheikh Rashid whose capacity to bad mouth has assumed legendary proportions but sadly not to deliver in the portfolio he holds, then Zulfi Bukhari with zero experience in dealing with such sensitive matters, and Ali Zaidi of Ports and Shipping..."

"Zulfi is close to The Khan and with respect to Zaidi isn't Gwadar a port in Balochistan and so..."

"Don't be facetious besides law and order is a provincial subject and..."

"Please! Wasn't it a provincial subject when there was a massacre of the Hazara people during Zardari's presidency when The Khan accused him of not going and arrived there promptly - was it on Tareen's plane but now he has the PM's plane and......"

"And Zardari had the excuse of security concerns which is not the case today."

"I remember the day Musharraf broke my heart and it was downhill for him after that and I don't credit it all to the lawyers movement but to a small boy in AJK after the 2006 earthquake who said on television Uncle Musharraf please spend one night here - its very, very, cold..."

"Why isn't The Khan going?"

"I have it on good authority that the spiritual guidance he has received..."

"Don't be facetious....does he know that Maryam Nawaz did a Khan - went to see the protesters and..."

"The anger against his refusal to go is spreading to major cities - what goes around comes around, I think if nothing else The Khan should have learnt that valuable lesson by now."

"Don't think so...."

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