Lahore – Our Sher Correspondent: Shehbaz Ahmed Butt, a resident of Mughalpura, Lahore, told reporters on Saturday that despite not being satisfied with the federal and provincial governments of the PML(N), he was “too far in” to leave the party now.
“Well, I’ve been seen in the lion-suit many times in my neighbourhood now,” Butt said. “And now, even if I don’t wear the suit, the guys keep saying dekho dekho kaun aayawhen I am seen, so I think is it really worth it, having that long conversation with all of them?”
Butt also urged reporters to consider the financial situation as well. “Do you know how much this thing costs? Lion-suits for grown-ups are surprisingly expensive,” said Butt, who runs a successful PVC pipes shop. “What other uses are there for this thing? I suppose could rent it out but that’d be a hassle, specially cleaning it up afterwards.”
But the foremost reason that the father of three cites is the extent of his meeting with the party’s apparatus. “First, the Mughalpura chapter, then the party’s Lahore machinery, then, in one rally, I met Nawaz Sharif himself. I don’t want all that kee hoya Butt Saab?”
“I just want to join the PTI, with no one asking me why.”
Butt’s situation is the exact opposite of his next-door neighbour Shahbaz Bhatti’s, who has fought bitterly with too many elder family members to finally admit the PTI is “one big over-rated dance party.”