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Partly Facetious: Don't make Dar angry

"So what did you think of the Sharifs' latest defence with respect to the Panama leaks?"
Published April 23, 2016

"So what did you think of the Sharifs' latest defence with respect to the Panama leaks?"
"I wasn't aware that there had been change, the Prime Minister continues to feign innocence as his and his wife's name is not on the list which was the outcome of hacking of an offshore company, accuse the opposition of playing politics on the business acumen of his sons and daughter which is second to none, hey D. Trump and Zukerberg of Facebook fame eat your hearts out! And maintaining that the opposition is scared that if development continues at the present pace then there is no chance of a PML-N defeat in 2018 elections..."
"That's same o same o, I was referring to the Prime Minister finally unleashing what he regards as his most potent weapon - a weapon akin to an atomic bomb. "
"He hasn't released any documents, I mean we are to take it as given that his two sons and daughter have accounts which they accumulated with the sweat of their labour."
"Oh shush, I was referring to Mian sahib finally unleashing what he considers his most potent weapon: his former accountant, upgraded to Minister of Finance and then further upgraded to samdhi (their children are married) and now again the Finance Minister."
"Oh dear! What about the 45-page affidavit."
"Don't make Dar angry, that's a closed chapter, the judiciary hath spoken and we must respect the judiciary and he was tortured and..."
"Three things my friend: first, he isn't the first man who was tortured, there were other PML-N members in jail and they never broke, I also refer to banana man Rehman Malik who didn't break when he was incarcerated; second, the Lahore High Court decision was in 2014 when the PML-N was in power in Punjab and let me remind Dar that the case against him had to be pursued by the prosecutor who is appointed by the government and did the prosecutor appointed by his samdhi's brother contest the case against Dar? Besides what about the London court decision reflecting that the Sharifs owned the Mayfair properties early 1990s? And finally, 45 pages of the affidavit is a lot of paper - surely a principled man being tortured would have made a one page declaration taking all responsibility."
"Shut the hell up my friend. Dar says Imran Khan had offshore accounts as well..."
"That is not illegal, its where the money comes from and how it is transported out of Pakistan that is the problem. Imran Khan was never in government at the time, he played country cricket and made money outside the country."
"I see where you are going with this. Mian sahib, please for your own sake, sheathe this weapon, the barrel of this gun has a finger stuck in it, I am referring to the affidavit, which will cause it to backfire."
"Hey, you might as well shut up Mian sahib is not known to listen to advice that may be contrary to what he believes."
"Hmmmm, how about calling elections and..."
"Are you out of your mind, there have been no scams in this government and..."
"What about the LNG deal, it's still not on the website? What about the Metro in Pindi-Islamabad? What about the failure to look at past corruption? What about..."
"Oh shush."
"An ostrich my friend has its head in its feathers."
"I thought the expression was an ostrich has its head buried in sand."
"Hey, sand is dirty and Mian sahib doesn't do dirty."
"Don't be facetious."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016

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