"The media team has been changed in Punjab yet again and a reject of the federal government, no disrespect intended, has been inducted as Special Assistant for Information to The Buzz."
"Hmmm...."
"What are you thinking? That Firdous Ashiq Awan has connections, material and spiritual, that The Khan simply cannot ignore! Or...or...wait are you worried that The Shy Buzz, brought up as...as..."
"Not alpha male, I mean if he was alpha male he wouldn't be toeing The Khan's line."
"Hey by saying yes sir, yes sir, three bags full sir, he has remained as the chief minister of Punjab, regarded as the second most powerful executive position in this country, besides which other chief minister has had the audacity of going against the wishes of his party leader...."
"Nawaz Sharif....that guy has some history!"
"Don't be facetious, that was when his arch nemesis Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister...."
"What about Ghulam Ishaq Khan did he then become his arch nemesis...."
"Hey the past is the past, lessons learned and all that, focus on the present; anyway what I wanted to say was The Buzz is shy around women in public and here is The Khan who has given him two strong women - Yasmin Rashid and now Firdous Ashiq Awan."
"He will survive them too if The Khan remains the prime minister....anyway the numerous changes in the federal and Punjab media teams should indicate to The Khan that perhaps its not all about the narrative....."
"I wouldn't call it change but a reshuffle."
"OK anyway logic dictates if someone is not good for Punjab, Shahbaz Gill was fired from Punjab, he ain't good for the federal government, and someone who was fired from the federal government namely Firdous Ashiq Awan may not...."
"Never thought of that....while our Sleepy Joe is messing up the Food Ministry, our Hillary is being shuffled from one ministry to the next though retaining a ministry and I mean Khusro Bakhtiar and then we have the two Blamers - our economic team leaders who are blaming others for inflation that their policies are fuelling, and then we have...."
"Eat your heart out - as long as these guys can convince The Khan nothing will shake them out of the apple tree."
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020