Keeping up with the Kayanis
The brothers of former Army Chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani are in the news of late, for all the wrong reasons.
One of them, Amjad Kayani, keeps pleading on TV how humble a life he is leading in Rawalpindi, but Kamran Kayani, the real man behind the scene, is away from the scene.
Amjad, a retired brigadier himself, told reporters at a press conference that their famous brother had nothing to do with their construction business.
But we all know the drill. Had Kamran not been the army chief’s brother, how did he get all those huge contracts, especially since his competence otherwise was such that he couldn’t even complete the construction of a single road near Lahore’s new airport?
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The media-obsessed PML-N keeps shaking things up in that department. The media management office in the prime minister’s secretariat is currently being run by Maryam Nawaz Sharif, who is looking at all matters. The office also seems to be doling out favours by way of foreign trips and exclusive access to favourable pundits.
Inside reports suggest that MD PTV Mohammad Malick is on his way out of the organisation. As is, he has already been cut down to size by bringing in Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi as the organisation’s chairman.
