Thwarted plan
Sources say there was a plan afoot to delay elections, but the Caretaker Premier and the Chief Adjudicator refused to accede to this “request”. When there was a repeat request, backed by the usual authority, the adjudicators passed the buck and said, “ask the politicos”. The Great Khan’s horde fell in line but Hubby and the late lamented, much missed Big Ben’s party returned a resounding “no”. Of course, The Man of Steel & Co weren’t even asked. It was then that the Chief Adjudicator put his foot down. Elections had to be in time, he pronounced.
Friends & relations
The caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has made a joke of his administration by stuffing it with friends and relations. Mr Friend has sworn in a cabinet of incompetents, half of which is from Bannu, a place with which he has great affinity. And he’s made 12 – we kid you not – of his relatives Additional Advocate General!
Daily routine
Last year, The Great Khan tore down his old home on Lahore’s canal and it has since then been rebuilt to suit his current needs. We hear one of his sisters has done a speedy and efficient job, and that the house has not been built by The Khan’s moneybags developer, contrary to expectation. Now that the house is ready, Her Holiness, The Khan’s current Khanum, has moved in with her staff and all her paraphernalia. Meanwhile, back at Bunny Gala, Her Holiness ensures that the daily routine prescribed by her is kept up – a black goat is sacrificed every day at Fajr. The Khan has also become very careful about his consumption; they say he takes his own food and water with him wherever he goes.