ANJUM ibrahim

The Maulana hates Imran

“Language is all about interpretation I say!”

“Not for all of us, I mean not for many of us, actually I would say most of us common people do not interpret language to lend credence to our belief and…”

“Oh man! This is too convoluted a statement for me to understand.”

“OK, let me clarify. First, common people like you and me…”

“Hey speak for yourself, I find myself pretty uncommon.”

“In that case you are in the wrong profession. When I say common I mean those whose careers are not that outstanding, calm down, calm down, you have done well but not well enough to be well known in this country. Take the case of Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s career, now that has not been that uncommon - he won the party chairmanship, is a senator and gets publicity wherever he goes but compared to other party leaders he is kind of common.”

“He misunderstood the meaning of the word ‘above’ as uttered by another man who considers himself uncommon but in our politics a chief minister of the third largest province, out of a total of four, may not quite be a dime a dozen but owes his position to another who is above him namely the party leader and…”

“That’s hilarious. But the Chief Minister of the Khan province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) clarified that by ‘above’ he meant party leader Khan; Sirajul Haq took ‘above’ to mean the establishment as did Nawaz Sharif. Oh and what about the chief minister of the largest province? Is he uncommon or common in your book?”

“Not sure about Shahbaz Sharif yet; anyway do you reckon there could be an alliance between Sirajul Haq and Nawaz Sharif?”

“Well, Haq is in alliance with Maulana Fazlur Rehman and the Maulana hates Imran Khan more than he has hated anyone who has ruled the province…”

“I thought the Maulana was on particularly good terms with most if not all former governments of KPK.”

“Right, so let me ask you another question: if Parveen Rashid…”

“I give up on you. Let Parvez Rashid sue you for defamation.”

“He will have to sue my key board and I have no money for a new keyboard and he would have to buy me one so it’s a win-win situation for me.”

“Don’t be facetious, so who is ‘above’ for Parvez Rashid?”

“Nawaz Sharif!”

”For Mushahid Hussain?”

“Wash your mouth, he is Senator Mushahid Hussain and it could be Nawaz Sharif and it could be Maryam Nawaz and it could be Shahbaz Sharif?”

“All options open, hunh?”

“Indeed, so the interpretation of a word could change over time for the Common Politicians.”