ANJUM ibrahim

Jalsas all over the place

“This Sunday past was entertaining – jalsas all over the place, you had the former Prime Minister, the former First Daughter, the current First Son…”

“Excuse me, but there is no current First Son, I have heard Shahid Khaqan Abbasi does have a son who recently got married and engaged in hitting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentarian…”

“In extremely mitigating circumstances!”

“What is mitigating about getting together with some officials who reckon, it’s better to kill the bird in hand than the one that is still in the bush…”

“So you reckon the current PM’s son is the bird in hand?”

“Yes.”

“Not kosher my friend – the guy is an adult and should be tried as an adult…I mean if Maryam Nawaz can be tried as an adult…”

“Now who is being facetious!?”

“Anyway, the mitigating circumstances were that the PTI and the People Party won the Chairmanship and Deputy Chairmanship of the Senate – no mean feat given that PML-N had the largest numbers…”

“PML-N is kind of on the back foot where being diplomatic is concerned – both within and outside the country…”

“I agree, anyway as I was saying this Sunday past every party was out campaigning – the Father, the Daughter and this time the Holy Ghost was with them, and I am referring to Hamza who was seen driving with the First Daughter seated next to him and….”

“I heard the two had to take a couple of valiums to calm down and…”

“Don’t be facetious, anyway I have a question: why is it that when Hamza began to speak there were different people standing behind him than when Nawaz Sharif addressed the crowd and when the First Daughter spoke there were two women standing guard on the stage…”

“And that should show to you how different each one is from the other, how unique and if you vote First Daughter the eye candy will be a lot more tasty than if Humza becomes the heir and then…”

“You are not going to give up being facetious are you!?”

“Hey, I don’t think the policies will change too much even though the narrative will but if that is the case then why not go for eye candy…”

“I give up.”