Belying his Zia-ul-Haq origins, the Punjab premier can belt out a Habib Jalib and Ehsan Danish poem on demand. He even crooned a saccharine sweet Ahmed Rushdie dittie on a TV show once. But don’t think the guy’s gone all soft, sentimental and touchy feely.
Yes, for his bureaucratic minions at the secretariat, he is every bit of the boss from hell that he was famous for. In fact, if anything, he has more reasons to be angry now. The ambitious chief minister starts one project after another – Sasti Roti Scheme, Aashiana Housing Scheme, Daanish School System, Yellow Cab Scheme. And since he wants to micromanage them all, there are bound to be problems. Let’s just say you don’t want to be in the same room when that happens.
At a recent meeting, his CMness furiously threw a file on the table knocking out a glass of water and splashing it all over the table.
It is a good thing he is a teetotaler.
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Would you look at who’s coming out of the Dorchester Hotel in London? Why, its Jhang celebrity couple Bibi Abida Hussain and Fakhar Imam – Mr and Mrs.
And don’t let the somber expressions fool you; it was no funeral they had gone to but the engagement ceremony of their son with daughter of retail-cement king Sir Anwer Pervez.
It remains to be seen whether the groom shall be off to London instead of the bride coming over to Pakistan. There are precedents for the former, you know.
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