ANJUM ibrahim

PML-N’s third tier

“I have a theory about the third tier of PML-N.”

“Hey if I was third tier, I would be extremely amenable to overtures of shall we say mutually beneficial proposals.”

“A U-turn?”

“Indeed and need I remind you that The Khan said Hitler (read Modi) suffered a huge defeat because he didn’t take a u turn.”

“Did he say this before or after he became the Prime Minister because what he said before no longer stands because of u turns, hell something he pledged a few months ago no longer stands…”

“The date was 16 November 2018 and he was talking to journalists…anyway you were talking of the third tier of PML-N.”

“Right, so the first tier consists of the Sharifs and there too there is tier 1 (a) and tier 1 (b) and the ‘B’ team is still unwilling to challenge the ‘A’ team in spite of conflicting political ambitions of 1 (a) (i) reference Maryam Nawaz and 1 (b) (i) Hamza Shahbaz Sharif…”

“What is this! The unwritten constitution of the Family Sharif!”

“Indeed and then there is the second tier and here I would mention Ahsan Iqbal, Maryam Aurangzeb…”

“I reckon Maryam has proved to be an extremely good selection and the credit goes to her namesake Maryam Nawaz…”

“Indeed and this second tier which is essentially defending the party leadership in jail and attacking The Khan on a daily basis is over worked and losing weight.”

“OK, and the third tier?”

“The third tier includes the rest including Khurram Dastgir, he is actually gaining weight and his Hitleresque moustache is bristling now…”

“Maybe, because Dar is no longer around to use him like…like why like Hafeez Sheikh uses Hammad Azhar, Shabbar Zaidi…”

“Don’t be facetious, so you reckon Dastgir is a candidate for a U-turn?”

“See my friend for a U-turn the other side must want you and I reckon there are no takers – first because as you know The Khan is obsessive about fitness so Dastgir would need to lose a considerable amount of weight…”

“The Khan is not obsessive about others fitness.”

“Name one person who is as over weight as Khurram Dastgir in the current historically the largest cabinet ever?”

“Hmmm, but he has a full head of hair, and it’s a good natural colour.”

“You are so silly, no one is into natural hair or colour as there are so many in-the-box as opposed to out of the box solutions that The Khan’s economic team in particular is struggling with.”

“Don’t be facetious.”