PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam has shown her mettle

10 May, 2024

“I haven’t seen the apple of Nawaz Sharif’s eye for quite a few days now!” “You mean Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN)?”

“Yes, hey, too many names are not going to spoil that broth.”

“Learn to respect her, my friend, she has shown her mettle.”

“How? She has been silent on the wheat scam that has hit the province, the PML-N lawyers went on the rampage against the police in Lahore on Wednesday – and she did not come in front of the camera, though she did use X to state that she never gave permission to arrest the lawyers.”

“X is banned here right technically by the PML-N government. So what planet does she live on to continue to use X?”

“That’s planet NMN.”

“Anyway, she didn’t come live because the chief of army staff uniform is not yet ready, and she has not yet decided the colour of the motorbike she is going to ride as an encouragement to other women to apply for the free motorbike scheme…”

“And what if the free motorbike is used by the fathers’ of those who receive it. I mean, all daddies are not like NMN’s who give and do not take…”

“Don’t be facetious, anyway I heard that the naan bias in Punjab have sent a message to her protocol team that if she is seen around their ovens they are going to take some action.”

“What kind of action?”

“Disrespectful action is what I heard.”

“And if she is accompanied by daddy, as she likes to be?”

“Same o same o.”

“Anyway, when I said she has proved her mettle, I meant it.”

“I don’t see how you can…”

“Tell me how long cousin Hamza was the Chief minister, Punjab?”

“From 30 April to 26 July - that makes it 87 days.”

“But NMN has had only going strong since 26 February so 76 days today and I hereby forecast that she will better cousin Hamza’s tenure…”

“The situation the two cousins faced are so very, very different.”

“Indeed, and now do you agree that Nawaz Sharif as a daddy is much more astute than Shehbaz Sharif as a daddy.”

“Hmmmm.”

“Was there ever a doubt! But as they say, the best laid plans…”

“Indeed.”

Copyright Business Recorder, 2024

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