Witticisms
After the DG ISPR retracted his tweet rejecting the government’s notification on DawnLeaks, local wits have gone to town on a variation of the theme. One joke is that the late and great Madame Noor Jehan has taken back her tweet (famous 1965 war song), “Aye Puttar Hattaan Tay Nayeen Vikday”! Other examples of wit are as follows, meant for adornment as truck art or behind rickshaws:
- DG yaar, tweet na kar.
- Bura kiya teri tweet pay etebar kiya.
- Tweet kar, magar pyar say.
- Na seerat buri, na soorat buri.
Bura voh jiss ki tweet buri. - Itni tweet na karo, pyar ho jaye ga.
Well-earned break
Meanwhile, The Great Khan took off to Nathiagali for a well-earned break. One of his camp followers said proudly that it should be noted that The Khan drove up to the mountains himself, in the company of “a few friends”, without staff and servants. Pat came the reply: “Khan Sahab is lucky. His friends are his staff and servants!” We’ve also heard that Dharna III in on the anvil for after Eid, and that resignations from Parliament are being seriously contemplated.
Spokesman’s threats
Just as the bereaved parents of the Army Public School martyrs are incandescent with rage at the public parading and apparent “forgiving” of the Taliban’s spokesman, some journos who were at the receiving end of threats from this man personally, are also seeking redress. The spokesman was in the habit of calling up those whose commentaries he disliked and threatening fire and brimstone, not just to the person in question, but to their families as well.