ANJUM IBRAHIM

Historical context doesn’t apply in certain cases

“I understand Shahbaz Sharif bashing by foes but by friends I find difficult to understand.”

“I don’t see why, isn’t that rather usual for a pretender to the throne when the throne is occupied by the King and need I add not only is the throne occupied but the throne seat is not wide enough to take two, though a child can certainly sit on the lap of a parent…”

“Dear God! What a roundabout way of saying what many of us think but labeling The Younger Sharif as a pretender is….is not appropriate….he may have found reaching the airport on time a tad of a challenge but he has never ever challenged his brother’s throne….and your use of the word pretender reminds me of The Khan who may have read history at Oxford but that was a long time ago – let me define pretender in a historical context. It means one who is able to maintain a claim to lets say the chairmanship of a political party which maybe occupied by the incumbent….so in this case Maryam Nawaz can be the pretender not Shahbaz Sharif….”

“Historical context doesn’t quite apply in this case, as I said before Nawaz Sharif is alive and, perhaps, not as well as the Khanzadehs reckon, and all decisions are being taken by him so the issue of a pretender does not arise….”

“But Nawaz Sharif abdicated in favour of his brother and not his daughter and…”

“As long as the elder is of this world no one kneels before the younger Sharif.”

“True but anyway going back to what I was saying I can’t understand why friends, political and non-political, of the younger Sharif accuse him of hiding in his estate and not acting as the leader of the opposition…you know the guy is a cancer survivor and very high risk. If any member of your family has had this disease you know that an oncologist never ever gives a clean chit to a cancer patient except to say it’s in remission for now….”

“But he could be more proactive….and thankfully he has agreed to an All parties Conference which was spearheaded by the Young Bilawal and the Old Maulana…”

“I don’t understand that logic, the Young Bilawal rules Sindh with impunity with no help from the Nawalas, and the Nawalas can rule Punjab however to do so they don’t need the Zardis but the Qatil league and through luring some of the large numbers of quasi-Khanzadeh ranks…”

“Quasi Khanzadehs?”

“That’s the new term in the new Pakistan. These are electables who go from one government to another government - see they can’t stand failure in the political arena so you have to be in government to be able to get them on your side….”

“That’s certainly a new way of putting it.”