Cumbersome journey starts for Sharif
Saeed Minhas
There hardly was any doubt about the election of Mian sahb as prime
minister and a division of the house for counting his majority vote was
considered nothing but a formality. The number game was in favour of
Nawaz League. Coalition partners of Imran Khan in KP (Jamaat-e-Islami
and Qaumi Watan Party) along with MQM and solitary member of ANP and
independents of FATA had already announced to vote for Mian Sahb. Yet,
what concerned many in the League camp was the fact that Mian sahb got
only 244 votes as compared to 258 votes for his party-nominated speaker.
Symbolic gestures by PTI and a more strategic one by Peoples Party to pitch their respective candidates against Mian Nawaz Sharif was all aimed at scoring some points to mature their claim for an all powerful seat of the Opposition leader in the assembly. Peoples Party, went a bit overboard in its bid as they tried to show off their daggers by scratching upon a sensitive point of Nawaz League when NICL-tainted Makhdoom of Hala Sharif congratulated the agencies in the same breath he felicitated the newly elected prime minister.
Passionate and speaking from the heart, Mian Nawaz Sharif tried to touch upon everything under the sun but fell desperately short of all those expectations whereby a policy statement or for that matter a 90-days road map was coming. He, however, hinted at addressing the nation—a 90s technique of using PTV for politicking—to reveal his home-made solutions for economy, loadshedding, lawlessness, drones, foreign policy issues and his three priority areas of agriculture, industry and trading.
From the written script to extempore utterances, Mian sahb tried to prove an epitome of reconciliation and rapprochement. Nevertheless, Mian sahb proved all those wrong—at least for the time being—who were betting their souls to convince every Tom, Dick and Harry that judiciary, media or military will prove one of his first causality. Rather, he avoided all of this and said only few many words for the media that it will be free to not only point out his government’s follies but also show them the directions to improve the governance. A far cry from what has so far been associated with Mian Sahb that he would set the media houses, defiant judges and even un-related faujis in order just like he did in his previous two outings. Instead, he was looking for cooperation, extending a hand out to opposition and more importantly acknowledging PPP government for decisions like Gawadar port.
Chief of PkMAP, Mahmood Achakzai amongst many others also spoke on the role of agencies but then he was quick to caution everyone out there to deal with this delicate matter very tactfully hence prepare for the marching orders. Showing a clear way out of Mushy-saga to his ruling party friends, he almost spelled out the mindset of Nawaz League that let the bygones be bygones and enjoy the new mandate. But as the wise-guys in the Muslim League believe that “Mushy is none of our concern, it’s between him, the courts and the guarantors,” the matter for sure lies with My Lords. As one of our friend from legal fraternity very pertinently mentioned that media-driven my lords have already started making headlines to make their presence felt very loud and clear.”
As for the policies are concerned, which Mian sahb has not divulged to the same house, whose sanctity he wants to uphold, Nawaz Leaguers believe that besides sending many babus between grade 17 and 21 back to educational institutions, investors and bankers have been asked to come up with any loose change they may have. Empty coffers and mere promises are likely to cut not only honeymoon short but the entire journey might become a big question mark. Therefore efforts are afoot by dollar-dar to do the scavenger’s job while Chaudhry Nisar has been asked to come up with a security roadmap which can pave way for secure environment for the investors. Therefore the man from Chakri is not only reviving the contacts with the cantonments to find a workable solution for internal and external negotiations, revealed some insiders.
Symbolic gestures by PTI and a more strategic one by Peoples Party to pitch their respective candidates against Mian Nawaz Sharif was all aimed at scoring some points to mature their claim for an all powerful seat of the Opposition leader in the assembly. Peoples Party, went a bit overboard in its bid as they tried to show off their daggers by scratching upon a sensitive point of Nawaz League when NICL-tainted Makhdoom of Hala Sharif congratulated the agencies in the same breath he felicitated the newly elected prime minister.
Passionate and speaking from the heart, Mian Nawaz Sharif tried to touch upon everything under the sun but fell desperately short of all those expectations whereby a policy statement or for that matter a 90-days road map was coming. He, however, hinted at addressing the nation—a 90s technique of using PTV for politicking—to reveal his home-made solutions for economy, loadshedding, lawlessness, drones, foreign policy issues and his three priority areas of agriculture, industry and trading.
From the written script to extempore utterances, Mian sahb tried to prove an epitome of reconciliation and rapprochement. Nevertheless, Mian sahb proved all those wrong—at least for the time being—who were betting their souls to convince every Tom, Dick and Harry that judiciary, media or military will prove one of his first causality. Rather, he avoided all of this and said only few many words for the media that it will be free to not only point out his government’s follies but also show them the directions to improve the governance. A far cry from what has so far been associated with Mian Sahb that he would set the media houses, defiant judges and even un-related faujis in order just like he did in his previous two outings. Instead, he was looking for cooperation, extending a hand out to opposition and more importantly acknowledging PPP government for decisions like Gawadar port.
Chief of PkMAP, Mahmood Achakzai amongst many others also spoke on the role of agencies but then he was quick to caution everyone out there to deal with this delicate matter very tactfully hence prepare for the marching orders. Showing a clear way out of Mushy-saga to his ruling party friends, he almost spelled out the mindset of Nawaz League that let the bygones be bygones and enjoy the new mandate. But as the wise-guys in the Muslim League believe that “Mushy is none of our concern, it’s between him, the courts and the guarantors,” the matter for sure lies with My Lords. As one of our friend from legal fraternity very pertinently mentioned that media-driven my lords have already started making headlines to make their presence felt very loud and clear.”
As for the policies are concerned, which Mian sahb has not divulged to the same house, whose sanctity he wants to uphold, Nawaz Leaguers believe that besides sending many babus between grade 17 and 21 back to educational institutions, investors and bankers have been asked to come up with any loose change they may have. Empty coffers and mere promises are likely to cut not only honeymoon short but the entire journey might become a big question mark. Therefore efforts are afoot by dollar-dar to do the scavenger’s job while Chaudhry Nisar has been asked to come up with a security roadmap which can pave way for secure environment for the investors. Therefore the man from Chakri is not only reviving the contacts with the cantonments to find a workable solution for internal and external negotiations, revealed some insiders.
The last paragraph seems to be of real interest and shows that hardky anything is likely to change. few cosmeti changes here and few dents there might remain the part of the whole game and then who does not know mian saab/ suffice to say that he is a king through and through and mughlia king of course
ReplyDeleteI think he is a changed man and my request to all the writers and commentators and even anchors to please give the man some time let him settle down and let him display his cards
ReplyDeleteLets all hope Mian saab remains calm and cool
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