Frankenstein
The monster has escaped from the laboratory, that much is clear. What his inventors are going to do about containing him, is far from clear.
We hear two stalwarts of The Great Khan went to see No 1 the other day, to plead for mercy. After the meeting, they discreetly leaked the news that all matters had been settled and that “they are with us”. Following hot on the heels of this leak, The Great Khan went post haste to Takht Lahore, there to “implement” the supposed agreement with No 1 – to shore up his crumbling defences, and in the second phase purge Bozo The Clown and replace him with someone more acceptable. Sources say agreement has been reached on a replacement and now the focus has shifted back to Isbad where the Opposition’s parliamentary assault is to be fought with brute power. It’s being leaked that The Boyz will look the other way while The Great Khan’s unleashes his hordes on dissenters and opponents alike, physically preventing them from reaching the National Assembly to cast their vote. Once the Opposition’s vote of no-confidence is defeated, say The Great Khan’s partisans, Bozo The Clown will be replaced on Takht Lahore and all will by hunky dory once again.
Come hell or high water
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, rumour has it that 14 members of the august house, all belonging to The Great Khan’s bloc, had dinner in an off-beat place the other night and resolved to back the Opposition’s vote of no-confidence, come hell or high water.
This group is apart from the “two score and one” already lined up by the Opposition – and lest we forget, the brave Rana from Faisalabad has been chiefly instrumental in attaining that magic number. The 14 member group has told our mole that they will “secure themselves” by all means possible, they will “reach the venue” in ones and twos, and they will vote against The Great Khan “to restore sanity to politics”.
Mystery man
A source close to the ill gent who recently went to Her Majesty’s realm, has made an alarming disclosure. It is said that while he was in hospital, he woke up one night to see a mystery man standing in a corner looking at him. Apparently, the man was clean shaven, had a crew cut, was tall and muscular – the kind you might find in a security agency. Interestingly, it’s said, the man didn’t move, even when he saw that he had been noticed, and kept lurking in that dark corner. It was as if he were conveying a message. He left after he had been well and truly perceived.
Straws in the wind
These may be straws in the wind but they are part of an unfolding scenario. Where oh where is the clandestine couple that operates with impunity at Takht Lahore, oversees most postings and transfers of officials, is the nouveau owner of many multi-million rupee “projects”, and is a famous front for an invisible personage? We hear the couple left the country for a bit, and were then called back to sort out problems at a highly lucrative project in our Frontier lands. We hear they have one way tickets out of the country, at the ready at all times.
Then there’s that callow youth who almost did his uncle’s lifelong politics in. The ailing uncle, patriarch of a small group allied with The Great Khan, kept protesting that they were in no position to bargain with The Brothers Sharifov and that they should not look a gift horse in the mouth. But the callow youth, member of parliament and insignificant minister of some portfolio or the other, threw a tantrum and insisted on “bargaining” for a greater prize. And then The Khan’s house of cards began crumbling, reducing this particular ally’s importance to almost nil. The callow youth suddenly saw the light of day and begged his ailing uncle to rush to Isbad to plead with Maulana and Hubby.
The latter apparently told the uncle that they would do their best but that they had missed the bus. Time and tide wait for no man.
Finally, it must be asked, whatever happened to the agreement between the diplomatic corps representing the great powers, and No 1. We hear it was upon a nod from No 1 that they had prepared a document asking the government to vote with them and against Mr P on the question of Ukraine. We all know what happened to that, with The Great Khan revealing all and reviling The Powers at a public meeting. Hasn’t the whole ugly episode left The Boyz with egg on their face?