A fan of the finer things in life, the prime minister likes his fancy cars. He is a frequent attendee of a prestigious annual international car show. This penchant has permeated down the party as well as provincial League minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has recently purchased a pretty flashy vehicle of his own. The sort that has those doors that don’t open on the axis of mortal cars but glide up.
The Punjab CM, on the other hand, prefers functionality, a habit we don’t see any osmosis of this preference elsewhere in the party.
Law and order and keeping the crazies out is an international headache and the smallest lapse can cause a ruckus, as was evidenced the day before in the heart of Islamabad. Many have made good businesses selling governments equipment to help them out in the regard – even if it doesn’t work.
Case in point: the metallic cane, of sorts, that the reader might have seen at some airports and public parks that is supposed to detect explosives in cars. The inventor, a charlatan, has been sentenced for duping the authorities of many countries into believing the thing works. Other countries have wizened up. The thing is still being used in Pakistan, however.
A placebo to keep the unaware public feel safe, perhaps?
