I’m not ready to live in Imran’s Pakistan
Pick one: Khan's tenure may end in nuclear war, mullah takeover, country-wide revolt, accidental war with India.
Its 2013 and by some unlikely miracle of sheer inqilabi (revolutionary) voting, Imran Khan has been elected prime minister and his party is in power.
Wait a minute – what party?
That’s right, a hefty gang full of loafers and bitter ex-politicians out for rival blood. Looking at those lining up to be given party tickets so far, the PTI may as well take Sheikh Rasheed, Pir Pagara and Musharraf on board (something I’ve suggested before).
Let’s face it – for Imran to win the elections, he will (and is) turn to the same old faces, using the same old tools to come out on top.
Fear not though, there is an inqilab (revolution) coming – just not the one you envisioned.
2013
It’s three months after Imran has been elected prime minister and two weeks since all ties were severed with the US. This is partly due to drone attacks which Imran was unable to stop post-coming into power, and partly from Pakistan’s new foreign minister Shireen Mazari shouting expletives at random goras (white people) in Islamabad.
The US has had enough. The drones keep falling. The Pakistan army says its hands are tied, short of all out war. The foreign office has imposed a ban on all ‘yanks’ travelling to Pakistan. The PTI gang is telling Imran he is bang on target with his agenda. People in Pakistan are loving it!
Except, there is no more US aid to fund anything – and by anything, I mean anything. The military, food, education – there is no money.
It is now the start of 2014
Imran is delivering his Obama speeches laced with a little less “Yes we Khan” and a little more:
“I’m not gonna lie to you…times are tough, results will take a while to show, but we all have to work together to pull through.”
This is also when his PTI gang starts splitting at the seams as corruption reaches new highs (or lows depending on how you see it). Imran is firing lotas and loafers left right and centre, but unfortunately, is forced to hire their loathsome underlings to fill in the gaps. In desperation, Zohair Toru is declared Minister for Information due to his street cred (hey at least he’s not corrupt).
The PPP, PML-N and ANP are laughing hysterically at the sidelines and using all their clout to ensure things go from bad to worse. This is starting to look bad. It’s starting to smell bad too as money for street sweepers and gutter cleaners is the first to run out.
Funds are short but Imran has a plan. He has appealed to the Swiss Banks demanding the return of Pakistan’s looted wealth. The Swiss say they will get on it…soon.
BOOM!
That was the sound of parliament being attacked by a suicide bomber. He got through due to lack of security due to lack of funds. More importantly, he got through because over the last year Imran has been busy engaging the Tehreek-e-Taliban in talks letting them regroup and expand (not to mention there is no army to carry out operations any more; it’s too busy on the Afghan border watching the US with fear in its eyes, and lets not forget – the lack of US funds).
The Taliban have now decided they can take a crack at the parliament too. So have 35 other militant outfits who have (miraculously) found a new supply of desperate young men out of jobs, out of homes, starving, and ideologically motivated after having watched the new regiment of religion-based dramas trotted out after pretty much everything else was banned on TV because “hum sub ke ghar, or TV mein pardey honay chahiye” (we should all have curtains in our homes and TVs).
Imran is cursing the day he decided to make a bunch of Twitter experts his economic team. The Swiss haven’t replied. The US well has dried up and sanctions are fast approaching (along with a US-led coalition on the Pak-Afghan border). How can things possibly get worse?
Easy. The military realizes things have gone to pot with Sunshine boy. They realize coups are just so 1999, but they really need that US cash and they really don’t want a war on their hands.
End of 2014
The coup is under way. The militants are among us. Our TV channels suck worse than before. There is no food, no money, no fuel, and for us rich folk, no easy escape to the US either (no visas, not to mention all PIA flights were grounded four months ago). The mullahs are trying to talk to Imran to convince him to hand over power to them, as a mullah-military nexus may be acceptable to the militants, preventing a complete hostile takeover.
Imran of course, refuses to compromise and his newly appointed Minister of Water and Power, General (rtd) Pervez Musharraf keeps telling him to “take it like a man.”
2015: choose your own (real and inevitable) inqilab
US take-over of Pakistan
Mullah-military nexus take-over
Militant-run Pakistan
Countrywide revolt due to abject poverty, starvation
A PPP return to power
(Accidental) nuclear war with India
This blog post is satirical in nature
The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of The Express Tribune.
If this was meant to be comedy it definitely didn’t make me laugh!
And yes you can live in Zardari’s Pakistan … I think that’s what you prefer anyways.Recommend
The great irony is that you had to tell the readers explicitly that the blog post is satirical in nature. Thats all I have to say.Recommend
wow… awesome analysisRecommend
I needed a laugh and this did it for me. Vintage Nadia V !!!!Recommend
http://www.immi.gov.au/immigration Please go aheadRecommend
Dear writer!!
I dont know what was the logic behind this post,stop being so obsessed sad & pessimistic mind set. Nations have always stood up & proved their worth,mo matter its all wrong in Pakistan,still people are willing & expecting something good,where there is a hope there is always a better future.
Imran is at least trying to prove a point, now addressing the issue of old faces,its the leadership that matters,if he is not inclined towards corruption & have some vision,i dont see any problem in tricking it down to bottom.
So,its time to spread positive attitude not dreams of negativity!!!!Recommend
There comes a point where Satire isn’t funny anymore. Going to cut the Express Tribune Blog off my browser bookmarks now. You guys have let people down with your publishing policy..Recommend
Yayyy … so I am not the only one who doesn’t understand the insane Imran-mania. We always had a choice besides PML-N and PPP: the Jamaat-e-Islami. Let’s suppose Immy bhai does sweep the elections, so what? Individuals don’t make governments. It includes a lot of other people. And so far his party’s leadership fails to impress. If honesty is the only thing required to be a good politician, then I should also become one. It’s like saying I am a doctor/lawyer/painter/writer because I am honest.Recommend
Nadya..There is nothing which I can do except laughing, after reading this blog..You seem to live in a world of your own. You have put your fears in an orientation of your liking and blasted PTI and Imran Khan.
First IK has given a critieria for the inclusion of any person in his party. I guess you haven’t gone through it.
There are 1000 positions which he intends to contest for PTI and if the people like Masood Sharif Khattak become a party of the party who have left their own party on the basis of principle, there is no harm in accepting that.
Thridly PTI has made a forum which will give ticket to the perosns depending upon their credibility.
Who told you that Shireen Mazari is giong to become the Foreign Minister. These are all your personal fears which you are attaching with Imran.
As far as the laughing of PPP,PMLN, ANP is concerned yes it can happen. Because over the years people have laughed on him.Yet he has performed the best in his past. It’s no easy task to build an institution like Shaukat Khanum when all the top doctors say no except one.
Definitely money of the public must be brought back from Swiss banks. Now God knows whether you agree with it or not.
Regarding American funding, I guess you don’t have any idea, whatsover regarding the funding which Pakistan is getting from US and how much we can generate ourself if the corruption is minimized.Recommend
talk about writing crap!
dear tribume…..it has taken you guys a lot of hard work to get where you are
this is the 3rd or 4th article in the last few weeks that has amazed me at how it made it through to your website……
establish a QA dept. and cut out the pointless crapRecommend
Kindly put up Nawaz and Zardari (again) scenarios too :)Recommend
HAhAHahAH .. lovely ..
A lovely peice of work … but i think this is going to happen no matter who is there.. that is the schedule of how things would be in 2013 (starting from mid-end 2012) irrespective of whoz in power..
the different IMRAN is going to make is that atleast well die screaming for our right and wont be handed over with socks in our mouth..Recommend
Release the trolls!Recommend
You survived zardari’s Pakistan, im pretty sure you’ll live through Imran’s as well.Recommend
“You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.”Recommend
You are creating like a dooms day scenario. The same rhetoric which Musharraf used to prolong his tenure. Problem is that we dont have faith in ourself and we think that if a small voice is raised against america, the country will cease to exist. This is the thinking which has so much inculcated into our brain that we cant even consider anything different to that. Remember the verse of Iqbal; “Nigaha-y-Marday Momin say badal jati hain takdeerain”Recommend
rest of pakistan and its foriegn office and the think tanks dont know a word about both……….. mullism is backbone of democratic pressure..the nuclear weapons have been cheated by pakistani govt that knows we built weapons after swaran singhs ‘buddah’ had smiles and by virtue of world governmt,but the pakistani scientist himself chikened from reaching ‘high fission”..
rest of pakistan and its foriegn office and the think tanks dont know a word about both……….. mullism is backbone of democratic pressure..the nuclear weapons have been cheated by pakistani govt that knows we built weapons after swaran singhs ‘buddah’ had smiles and by virtue of world governmt,but the pakistani scientist himself chikened from reaching ‘high fission”..Recommend
This is not satire. This is plain stupidity. These so called liberals (I call them “liberal dehshatgard”) oppose IK as if PPP and PML-N has ever delivered. What could be much worse than having PML-N and PPP in government. Written by someone sitting in her air-conditioned room. Drawing room bloggers. Kunwen ke tadduRecommend
pathetic !!Recommend
hahaha…. be ready for PTI hate attack…Recommend
nice script for bollywood movie over (a warn torn country) Pakistan
quite pessimistic atleast let people feel first the breeze of changeRecommend
i never liked Imran Khan!
this is exactly what i fear!Recommend
the post is not satirical in nature, it is just stupid. A complete waste of space and shows how ill-informed the writer is. How do they even let these articles appear on the web !Recommend
It will more worst situation if same ruling leaders will be elected again. So if you are going to die, die with pride..Recommend
You can’t see the future by any approach. You can’t say anything without trying it out.To me this post is just a good time pass,nothing else. It is in history that everybody resists a change whether it is good or bad. Stop whirling minds of people of Pakistan. Please allow this new movement and observe it. btw what are we doing right now? We are also only observing the current government. What if the same happens in this current govt era???
What will you do then? NOTHING!
So please keep the heat low on PTI and let them work.
And for the writer; keep on writing Miss Nadya!
Keep writing positively, that will be much appreciated.
Regards =)Recommend
Hahaha, This was one hilarious blog post full of assumptions from the author’s imaginary world. I wish more people would learn how to use google. Totally amused! :-DRecommend
lol, well since this is gonna happen anyway, khan coming to power, so how about u get ur visa to US ready before its too late.. the rest of us would like to sink with this ship..Recommend
Ok. So what alternate do you have? Give me a better option and I will vote for your option.Recommend
hahahahah well said every word funny, yet rightfully shows the idiotic politics of Mr khaan
Great respect for him as a cricket captain and as an honest man yet he just isnt politicaly equiped to handle the ever growing dilemma that this country is facing at the moment good article .Recommend
I hope the author is aware of terms “positive energy” vs. “negative energy”…
After reading this article, what was your feeling… “I’m doomed… better get out of this country…” This is an example of negative energy.
After attending Lahore Jalsa (if you have) or if you have seen it on TV/online, what was your feeling… “Yes… It’s time to fight for my country… We are young people… We have been reading Iqbal since my high school days… now it’s time for some action… I’m hopeful.” This is an example of positive energy…
My request to the author, please use your skills of creativity that I’ve just acknowledged, create a scenario… What will happen if Nawaz Sharif becomes a prime minister… or if you have just returned to Pakistan… please give a try to the scenario… What will happen if Zardari/Balawal becomes a prime minister… :)Recommend
i have gone through your blog but its not impressive…just to gain cheep popularity you wrote this…Imran khan is far batter then the politicians who were there in past n also serving for there intrest now as well. you are not GOD that you r pridicting future…every thing is ALLAH’s hand..only thing left with us is hope and you are trying to snatch it from the people of pakistanRecommend
Not sure if this was meant to be funny. If it was, it failed to amuse. And if it was serious then you need to read imran’s book to better understand his thoughts. you’ve basically taken the stuff off the news and what his critics say instead of analysing what he intends to do.Recommend
I am no IK fan but Man you need a life and think of something else to do or write, to gain “publicity”. THUMBS DOWN!Recommend
Whoever wrote this, tried to be funny and they were in few parts but largely was an epic fail. However, it’s pretty shameful of you to suggest that we should keep Imran out of power because he will remove all U.S Aid. Which you believe, we survive on. Let me remind you, we were pretty self-sufficient before NRO cronies returned.Recommend
anti mullism anti pirism anti syed and secularist was abdullah harun and the democratic institutuon was attacked by them,thier pharoic act of destroying the ayat 19:55 of sura 19 maryam on whichs lines the osmanite mughal khilafat had connected thier moves says’ he was born in posterity of abraham and ismail. or he was born king of kings and god of mankind..the 1955 generation lives around you and almost all except regime yuppies are blocked ..yusaf harun acted host to zia ul haque and thier were parties in newyork..otherwise leaders are nil..zia ul haque continued the amirul mumineen shura etc and died a hypocrite liars koranic death…
the ppp has shared power with MQM and Martial Law ,and both have economic and social need the politicians cannot fullfil so far…martial law is not military it is a taale azma stalwart in the military for whose escuse the stake is taken…
the anerican pressure are the info bureaus of pakistan that act boss because around gen zia the educational scientific value had finished with the ‘world monitor’or say policemen for usa! the ibs have chosen bourgios interests and even american official dealing and business with pakistan is small time…Recommend
what a waste of space?? how come these blogs come to publishing, where is administration?Recommend
Hahaha, ‘Zohair Toru’ bit had me laughing really loud in office. ‘Twitter experts’ as his economic team, another crackle! Loved your cynical-satire although I disagree big time.
Be as funny as you like, girl! We still support Khan despite the adrenaline-surging and heart-pumping horror story you just created. :)Recommend
You have potential to be a good satirist, but your bias against Imran Khan has spoiled this article. If you make fun of something that is true, it is much much more funnier than deliberate strawman attempts to be funny.
You could for instance have mocked how IK is so used to being in opposition that even when in power he lectures the opposition how to do ‘haqiqi opposition’( hum sab ummeed sey hain did that) or something about him using cricket terms in speeches, or something of the sort that is true and people can relate too. But you chose to mock him based on your personal dislike of him. Which is why this article was spoiled.
Sad.Recommend
This is not Imran Khan’s Pakistan…..this is Zardari / Sharif’s Pakistan. This is Altaf bhai and General kiyanis Pakistan. For most of us Pakistanis it is also hell on earth.Recommend
This is pathetically pathetic … It;s not even funny …. I am not a khan supporter but I am sure I dont want the present ruling di**s to continue for the next 5 years … a small advice , people have grown now and pessimistic writings will only be bashed , try to bring some life in ur articles and be constructive…Recommend
Please go back to sleep!!!Recommend
PTI Guys please take it light! No need to be cry-babies. She has a funny bone, let us all appreciate it.Recommend
how you have life after amir Muhammad khan’s west Pakistan?Recommend
Dear Writer,
You should write on ET… that is Extra Terrestrials! Your writing style will help you cross realms of the universe.Recommend
@Nadya V: This is plain stupidity! I think you and the likes are happy living in Zordari’s Pakistan and all you want to do is indulge in idiotic senario making and useless propoganda.
The illusion that Pakistan is run by US aid money only feeds into your insecurities about the capabilities of this nation.Recommend
What a terrible piece of writing.Recommend
You are not ready to live in Imran’s Pakistan but comfortable enough to live in Zardari’s Pakistan??
This blog read was a waste of time. Exactly!! Where is the administration?Recommend
I’m not into politics at all neither support/favor any party but being a Pakistani I must say this is one crappy article which i wonder how come got published on a reputed newspaper site. What written in article is not worrying but what is alarming that you let these kind of thought get published. Even if all political figures/parties are corrupt who else other than Imran is shouting for people’s rights or even through words worried about what’s happening in Pakistan. Sometimes it’s not the actions but the thought which counts more and at least in these bad times he’s thoughtful. Who els has given any kind of hope to common people in Pakistan and you are letting that hope die through this article. This is a real disgrace to write such a humiliating article even if it’s meant to be a joke.
Not anyone else but express tribune has lost credibility today.Recommend
Seriously!! I think I should start writing comics too if it’s this easy to get published. Sleeping admin.?Recommend
Dear Author:
Dear God i seriously do not have words for you. It seems you believe way too much on the US fundings and have no faith in Pakistan’s own financial credability once the curroption is minimized and certainly you have no believe on God thats why depending on the US seems so important to you just like our current rulers………so you believe we need to be enslaved by the US forever just because so that we can get all the aid which i presume we dont even require?… i do not say i am a follower of Musharraf but he did not take any aid as such during his reign and i think our economy did quiet well didnt it during that time? true if one can survive in Zardari’s reign then whats left next to impossibility then? ….. i totally agree with Mr Reasonable and Mr. Ali Islam.Recommend
The cult of PTI doesn’t have a sense of humor, and is unlikely to giggle at this brilliant piece of satire and just move on. They vow to remain this surly until the last Pakistani bows before his holiness, Imran Khan, and stops taking his name in vain.Recommend
Pardon Me !!!!
She has gone crazy…..Recommend
Is this meant to be read by grown ups? Nice read for children though!Recommend
ok so u dont wanna live in imran khan’s pakistan which may or may not b like the picture u tried to depict here……..but u seem more than happy to b living in the right here right now zardari’s pakistan……..
and btw, ur worried abt ‘no food, no electricity n blah blah’. well if u cud kindly just b bothered enough to leave your bedroom, u wud know that more than half of pakistan is already living with no food, no electricity, no education, no job, no money…………what kind of world are u living in my friend????Recommend
……..This is called as pessimistic approach………..these kind of Authors having their negative thinking are trying to tell the people of Pakistan that Imran is not suitable for Pakistan rather Nawaz and Zardari are favourable for Pakistan because these politians are filling the pockets of such authors……….shame on you(authors)……..i am not saying any vulgar words but these kind of people deserve this…….
He is trying to say that we are no more without America…………….
hey i wont to tell you that we shall survive even without your(author) friend America……….
so dont worry……….Pakistan Zindabad
Moreover this articles/posts seems to be written by the traitors……Recommend
How optimistic! With this kind of attitude, you deserve none better than the current lot of looters and plunderers. If you are not in for living in Imran’s Pakistan, then you should either:
a) stop writing and live happily ever after in Zardari’s Pakistan
b) stop writing and go settle abroad
In either case, you should stop writing.Recommend
crap…all she is worried about is US AID…which never ever get to the people of Pakistan……they are already living in worst conditions……ban on US AID wont make any difference to them…..Recommend
Ok, we shouldn’t completely bash the author now. The scenarios you created in order to extract some laughs are not a laughing matter at all. Pakistan is at the brink disaster and people certainly don’t want to laugh about these things. On average atleast more than 10 people die daily currently in Pakistan. People sure are not going to laugh with you when you try to humor-up these dark times we live in, they are NOT Funny. And all the dumbA’holes coining the term PTI Trolls and stuff, the author caters to the audience’s needs to get positive feedback. Don’t be like Zardari and others, who are so removed from the Pakistani society that they don’t even understand the sentiments of their population. My Advice : You certainly have your right to free-speech but next time when you write. Please bear in mind what feedback you will get from your readers. Certainly, 90% of the readers aren’t PTI members hell bent on bringing you down now are they ?Recommend
Who in the world lets such people write blogs over here??? is there no moderation or is can anyone who can write crap post it over here???? I think there is more moderation for comments than there is for blog posts!Recommend
not a great IK fan but a little bit of logic might have helped. satire? oh really?Recommend
Ali Islam: “Nadya..There is nothing which I can do except laughing, after reading this blog”
Behold, exhibit A.
He who does not realize that the very point of a blog that is “satirical in nature” is to make people laugh. It has a realistic, thought-provoking aspect to it, but it is mainly a deliberately exaggerated piece meant to entertain us.
Learn to take a joke and try not to bust an artery!Recommend
Thanks for strengthening “Pakistan khappay na Khappay – Zardari & hawari zarur Khappay”.Recommend
do not worry nothing like that is going to happen… if you have lived through zardari;s tennure then you mihgt be able to live through that one as well… one thing i do not understand, why is there a new topic everyday in ET agaisnt PTI… i guess there is nothing else left to bedate on… and if you have to target PTI then bring a few solid reasons… every PAKISTANI has seen what the previous elsected or so called vetren politicians have done to this country before… lets give khan a chance, he clearly deserves it… has done more for the poor in shape of Shaukat Khanam alone which no other politician has ever done for this country… if you have to debate, debate and criticise on facts, not on mere assumptions… not a single politician have paid a penny to the flood relief victims, and he single handedly collected and distributed millions, even now, may be alot do not know, his relief projects are operational all over pakistan… and what has politicians done, rs 1,20,000/- were nominated for the house of each effectee, and they have been paid only 40,000/-, 20,000/- rs in 2010 and 20,000/- a year after, all the rest, gone… the people who do not have this much decency, what goot do you expect from them… if you have to say something, say it with a proof….Recommend
so I’m assuming you’re ok with living in Pakistan the way it is now…Recommend
Wow…. What an absolute waste of column space. Seriously, as of late the writings published in the tribune are getting more and more ridiculous. It really does seem as if the writer had picked up on the main points of Imran’s critics, and regurgitated them without any research or detailed analysis. Such a typical doomsday-esque scenario painted here… Very very Fox News of you… And eerily similar to US style paranoia. Like many have already commented, you probably prefer living in zardaris Pakistan because you can rant and complain from the comforts of your air conditioned bedroom. I for one am happy to see a wave of optimism sweep the country… And no one can deny the passions that were ignited at that Lahore rally, the kind of excitement that only do or die cricket matches have brought amongst our 173 million strong population… In my lifetime atleast… That ofcourse peaking in 1992 when he brought us the world cup. He might not be that politically savvy, but personally I’m sick of politicians and game playing… I want a leader, someone who has a vision and the drive to bring that vision to fruition. For that alone, I will vote for Imran… Because the scariest thing about zardaris Pakistan is that we have Bilawal waiting in the sidelines.Recommend
@Loneliberal PK:
Calling it ‘brilliant’ satire exposes your own bias, though you’ll obviously disagree.Recommend
Nice way of getting popularity.. BBC and CNN is not going to hire you :)Recommend
This is perhaps the most idiotic and moronically pthathic article iv come across…in fact its not an article at all just a low life imagination of a pre mature crap filled writer…..I seriously believe that Tribune’s credibility will soon go down the drain with a big piece of nonsense such as this.!Recommend
These writers just don’t want us to Hope! they come here and give us reason why not to elect Imran Khan but fail to tell us who should we elect then?????? We are desperate and I mean it.
Not a day pass that I myself long for elections so I can go and vote for PTI
Why don’t miss intelligent write start her own political party and give this country much needed support. She is ready to live in the country of Zardari and Nawaz but don’t want to give Imran Khan a chance. it is indeed laughable.Recommend
Nadya V, Zohair Toru is better than you.. At least he was on streets instead of hiding himself behind a nickname..Recommend
Did you just watch 2012 the movie? or did you watch Godzilla? Did you recently get divorced? or did you get dumped? Did you break a nail? the ice cream guy didnt stop when you screamed at him?
Which ever one of the above is correct , you seriously need to look at the positive side of life, thanks God the nuclear war was optional.
I am not a PTI supporter but ur pessimism is evident.Recommend
I am also un-bookmarking this site because of a series of worst articles in last few weeks..Recommend
this can sell for “hum sab umeed se hain” but other than that,
seriously, i am amazed that such a pathetic article went online!Recommend
@loneliberalpk
There is funny and then there is silly. This article is the latter. And it is so because she has allowed her personal bias and dislike of Imran Khan cloud her writing.
If one writes satire you should write about something that ALL people can relate too. Like the 4man show and Hum Sab Umeed sey hai does. Not something she herself thinks is true.
This is nothing but drivel.Recommend
Brilliant post. Funny thing is, I can actually see that happening, year by year, IF he gets elected.Recommend
You want answers?
Here they are
1: Does the writer have a crystal ball in which she can fore-see the future?
2: Imran has studied politics and knows what to do and what not to, he’s getting elected to stop the killing not to aggravate them. he never said he clapped whenever there is a drone attack. He has always emphasized on a a diplomatic solution to the problem of militancy.
3: India? War? is she serious? With Imran having a real good political move up his sleeve i.e; keep the kashmir issue on pending, is she really serious? Imran wants us to become a global economic super-power before raising questions about kashmir. he wants some credibility for the voice of a paksitani.
Besides, he has said he’ll not let any terrorist group operate within pakistan or use pakistani soil to launch attacks so how can there be a war with india? and a nuclear one? you gotta be kidding me-
4: A mulla take-over? LOL! If he was a mullah he would not have created PTI, he would have joined JI instead.
SHE NEEDS TO GET HER FACTS RIGHT, SOMEBODY TELL HER!
:XRecommend
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If Nadya is not ready then I ain’t ready either.Recommend
Aftershocks of Tsunami at Minar-e-Pakistan :DRecommend
With stuff like this showing up on Tribune, I think I should spend my time better reading Telegraph and Daily Mail.Recommend
2014
The disgruntled gang full of loafers and bitter ex-politicians in PTI forms a forward block having been denied lucrative ministries. They make a deal with PPP to bring Zardari back to power. And that will take us back to 2008.Recommend
what a shame.pathetic analysis.Recommend
That wasn’t hysterical at all. The writer highlights the importance of US aid again and again ,”Except, there is no more US aid to fund anything – and by anything, I mean anything. The military, food, education – there is no money.”
Nadya did try to make it sarcastically good and I do agree to some it where she says that US will be against us and AID won’t be here. So to make it clearer AID was NEVER here actually. Whatever meager AID US has been able to grant us has been eaten by the politicians alone. We pay humongous taxes(Via PTCL, WAPDA esp.) to feed the army who end up calling us “BLOODY CIVILIANS” and to make it worse we have abundant natural resources couldn’t be used for ourselves. Let me give you another insight.
It’s 2013 and Imran goes to China, China and Pakistan agrees to start the Gawadar Port officially and open up the Silk route.China Invests enormous money making warehouses all the way till Gawadar, more jobs more money. Pakistan uses that Money to evacuate coal from Thar and sell export Coal. More Money..Pakistan Starts controlling the prices of the veggies, rice, wheat grown subsidizing them. People get to eat something at least. Pakistan opens up trade with China and Russia gets involved ultimately as Russia sees that Pakistan is directly taking on US now. More foreign investment. Pakistan states clearly that We won’t leave our irani brothers for US. Iran agrees to give us Oil at cheaper cost, we save cost more Money.Pakistan agrees to coalate with Russia on terms that it will help Pakistan make a Damn in North (Where a Report said that Pakistan can make electricity for next 100 years, feasibility and everything is done only needs implementation). Imran sits and starts talking terms with Taliban they are given their rights (Get some sense Taliban used to be live peacefully prior suicidal, you can’t blame them for the last 5 years they have a history of older than us). US go wilds at Russia and China making so much investment in Pakistan and they start ranting and bashing but ALAS China and Russia Veto’s. Thus we are in a lot better condition without the SO CALLED HELP of US.Recommend
There is no end to negativity….. People like you are too lazy to bring change and not even man enough to accept change. You should enjoy your Zardari’s paradise till it lasts…. not gonna be long though…..Recommend
Honestly…a truly poor piece of writing and journalismRecommend
Don’t worry, we are ready!Recommend
This is the very first post of yours that I liked. Thumbs up!Recommend
I Dont have words to applaud your future factual post.
I dedicate all synonyms of Praises and appreciation and liking available in the thesaurus to YOU .Recommend
Pointless and a waste of time … ET something’s wrong with your selection of articles for the past few days.Recommend
Yawn Why doesn’t Tribune get quality bloggers? Waste of space for Tribune and waste of my time. I want my time back!Recommend
situation in a country like pakistan is bad since 1947…many people predicted many things..but averything went wrong…plz have medicine to refresh ur brain..Recommend
you don’t wanna live in Imran Khan’s Pakistan which may or may not be the way you tried to portray right here but you seem so much more than comfortable living in the right here right now Pakistan of Zardari………….get a life, my friend, really!!!
you talk about no money, no food, no military (your prediction about our future) and blah blah. well if you could just be bothered enough to leave your comfortable, airconditioned abode and see that more than half of Pakistan is, right now living with no food, no electricity, no gas, no education, no health facilities, no clean water and so on………and your point was……?????????????
And well maybe we, the majority of Pakistanis, don’t have a choice but to live here and suffer at the hands of our politicians or hopefully get a new start with Imran Khan. But for you my friend, I would suggest “Pakistan se zinda bhag” because you and others like you who make up a very small percentage of our population, can easily, oh-so-easily run off for a long vacation or immigration abroad so the situation, the tension, the corruption, the revolution happening in Pakistan should not be bothering you all that much now should it.
And again, get a life!!!!!Recommend
Since every other Tom, Dick & Harry has got a mouth, so they do have the right to say whatever they feel like, fair enough! But for God’ sake ET, this one is too much…trash & stupidity at its best!Recommend
Even if we ignore the satirical value of the piece and discover that the author actually dislikes Imran Khan (heaven forbid!), so what?
It’s called an “opinion”, not bias. Some people think IK is super-mega-omg-wtf-ftw-awesome and some people just plain don’t like him. That’s the whole point of blogging…expressing one’s personal views about an affair.
Ah well. I’m off to the Sarri-alist movement page on Facebook to upload a new picture:
“Imran Khan supporters!! y u no have a sense of humour?”Recommend
by all means criticize PTI but for heavens sake try to put forward an intelligent argument. im sure you and ET should do betterRecommend
Please save us from these wanna bee nadeem parachas. NFP on his own is enough to torture us with his saddist articles.Recommend
wow was the writer thinking at all? sadly the article is quite a failed attempt at ‘satire’.Recommend
What a mindless article. Just waste of time.Recommend
Didn’t even bring one ounce of smile on my face. Infact I was sad reading this blog, it was hopeless.Recommend
wow such a stupid vision, we may not have a penny if we carry on with zardari and nawaz. Imran has talked tall, he ll have to work tall to avoid having the same fate. try to live in reality.Recommend
Good read, did make me laugh but I must say that the author quite clearly believes that stepping up to the US and saying no to their aid money (around 80% of which goes back as salaries etc to contractors) will make us go bust…. Zehni ghulami se kaash hon hum azaadRecommend