Partly Facetious: Could the Khan desist from jalsas?

26 Apr, 2019

"May I make one suggestion with respect to the launch of a New Pakistan?"
"Hey, are you out of it or are you out of it?"
"I don't think, I am out of it even if you do say it twice!"
"The New Pakistan has already been launched."
"OK, but may I make some additional suggestions for..."
"Nope, don't wanna hear them, and if you are referring to The Khan's below the belt attack on Bilawal Bhutto Zardari then know that..."
"I was going to ignore that, it was not worthy of a chief executive and need I add not worthy of The Khan himself."
"Oh, so what is it you want to suggest?"
"Please, as the chief executive of this country, could The Khan desist from jalsas - that is so what the status quo parties did when in government, and I have it on good authority that the jalsas are being organized by the same people who organized them for the Brothers Sharif and Zardari sahib and his son's...."
"There I agree, the district administration is informed before a prime minister's jalsa and it does get involved in the event including ensuring that attendance is good. This does not mean The Khan can no longer attract large crowds but he should be aware that some of the tax payers' money is being used for his jalsas..."
"Right, another thing about the New Pakistan that is like the Old Pakistan is the announcement of development packages for the area where the jalsa is held....money that may simply not be available."
"I agree, we all hope he can deliver on the pledge of 3 percent of the divisible pool for the erstwhile federal administered tribal areas however that requires the government to get all provinces to agree to the next National Finance Commission award and with Khan sahib attacking the opposition parties mercilessly everyday that is unlikely don't you think!"
"I would also advise him to wait till the disbursement and perhaps, even better, till some development is evident on the ground and then claim credit..."
"Yes! And finally, please Khan sahib do not attend functions where you are to inaugurate any project that is to be funded with our money, this is not done in democracies. Is that it?"
"Please do glance at the notes painstakingly prepared by the Foreign Office on your foreign visits..."
"Hey, during Medina ki riyasat (administration) the chief executive spoke extempore..."
"True, but that riyasat was interacting only with contiguous city states, not in far off Europe or..."
"To err is human to forgive divine."
"I don't think divinity is involved in mistaking France for Japan but my last word on that is a quote from my favourite poet William Blake who said: The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
"I don't get it, so The Khan as a man of imagination can replace France with..."
"You certainly are not one with imagination!"

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