Dr Strangelove
A full week after the second disclosure aka Panama Leaks, a report on the inside pages of a national daily newspaper had the temerity to disclose Dr Strangelove’s offshore company and foreign holdings. This despite the fact that all and sundry were exposed as soon as the second revelations came on May 9. Our mole in various newsrooms reports that the country’s top editors were in a quandary about whether to tell or not to tell. For obvious reasons. Lest we forget, Dr Strangelove was censured by Mush in 2004 for his services to international proliferation, and he sportingly took the rap.
Not a word
When The Man of Steel last met the POTUS in DC, he didn’t have much to say. The talk was meant to be about Uncle Sam giving us some nuclear power but The Man didn’t appear to be in the least bit interested. After this meeting, the POTUS told an aide that he was disappointed at The Man of Steel’s silence. “Why did he come here if he wasn’t going to say anything? He’s obviously become a prisoner of the state”. Then The Man of Steel cancelled another visit to see POTUS on the same issue – this was a few months ago, when a suicide bomber killed scores in a Lahore park. And while the POTUS’s official response was one of sympathy – he even called The Man in Islamabad to condole – privately, Uncle Sam’s vibe was one of skepticism.
Exorbitant
Our mole overheard the head of Hyderabad’s power supplier bemoaning his fate the other day. Woe is me, he is reported to have said. Apparently, “The Lady” who has Sinned, has made such exorbitant demands on his public purse, and on such a regular basis, that he is throwing in the towel.