Partly Facetious: Another new year but...

"Another new year but the faces are the same."

"I would have you know that change is not in the air but has arrived, you saw The Khan as an opposition leader, urging the people towards civil disobedience to get rid of corrupt elements and he is now the country's Prime Minister - no status quo party and that's a big change."

"Did even his most ardent followers follow his instructions?"

"What instructions?"

"Instructions relating to civil disobedience, you know not paying the electricity bill because of rampant inefficiencies and corruption in the award of new generation plant contracts during the Sharif era and..."

"I heard even Jehangir Tareen with the wherewithal to set up an entire electricity plant didn't follow suit though The Khan stopped paying bills and viola his connection was cut but at the time his second wife told him to clear his arrears as her 11 year old daughter couldn't take a shower with cold water and..."

"I don't believe The Khan backed down."

"You reckon the second wife cleared the arrears?"

"If not her then a loyal supporter but the bills were cleared and the electricity restored."

"Has Bani Gala been declared a Prime Minister's residence?"

"If not then it should be, he does live there and not in the PM House."

"Does the prime minister pay for his own electricity if his private residence has been declared PM House?"

"You are so negative, I will have you know I still like The Khan, and compared to his predecessors I like him the most and....."

"And there I come back to what I said earlier, that another new year but the faces are the same - you have Hafeez C Sheikh, and the C is for candle because that's about the size of the light he has shed on improving the economy for the common man, you have Container Shah who blocks D chowk if Maulana Diesel sneezes, then you have Umer Ayub who as in the past is raising tariffs and ignoring improving governance, then you have..."

"Wait what about Asad Umer?"

"Bowled out by C Sheik!"

"Shabbar Zaidi?"

"Run rate poor because import compression a la The Khan's economic team has compressed FBR revenue collection."

"Then there is....no Firdous Ashiq Awan is an oldie though she is really doing a good job, I haven't seen her wear a dress twice yet, and she has a press conference every day..."

"Don't be facetious. What about...what about Murad Saeed?"

"Cute but his angry words remind me of...of Maryam Nawaz of yester months."

"You are so bad."