"I was so devastated."
"Well, if you expected Zardari sahib not to take the option of a muk makaa (wheeling dealing) if offered then you simply do not understand the man."
"But..."
"There is no but, Zardari sahib in his objective to get the best possible deal in any situation got The Dar to accept his nominee for Election Commission of Pakistan from Sindh and in return gave him Punjab which let's be honest, the PPP was neither entitled to nor would have been able to swing it."
"The Dar? Did you mean Dar Williams, a blonde American singer, who has also taught a course titled "Music Movements in a Capitalist Democracy" at her alma mater, Wesleyan University; worked with children at several summer camps; led songwriting workshops; got involved with the workings of her village; and is writing a book about the ways she's seen towns becoming more independent and prosperous over her twenty years of touring".
"And I Dar is more famous if you will because he heads more than 40 committees, is Mian sahib's samdhi and a much loved man by the First Family and ensured that the country's borrowing capacity from abroad is enhanced each year, he knows the value of credit and need I add has focused on higher credit to the farm sector though our illiterate subsistence farmers have no clue how to go about getting a loan or getting collateral or..."
"Don't be facetious, besides that's not why I said I was devastated. From Hitler to Charlie Chaplin, and I am referring to one man who brings to mind these two diametrically opposed individuals."
"What?"
"Qaim Ali Shah's moustache has always made me wonder whether it's reminiscent of Hitler's moustache or Charlie Chaplin's?"
"I don't get it?"
"He could bring a smile to anyone, even his most ardent detractors by snoring away through a high level meeting, giving unrealistic deadlines to his ministers who he never controlled, and at the same time showed a complete lack of sympathy with the poor of Thar by going there with protocol and with the choicest food laid out for his entourage while malnutrition takes away lives of the babies of that area."
"Yep that certainly defines the man: not rags to riches but Hitler to Charlie Chaplin."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2016

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