(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.)
The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf is inches away from forming a coalition government at the federal government.
“We have only a little, just a little, left over to reach the magical number,” said Khan, while speaking to reporters at a press conference.
“I have done my research over this extensively on my computer and also have a good DVD collection to this end,” he said.
“I feel everything would be okay once I get the addition that I am working for.”
“Of course, even if I do get this addition, it wouldn’t be as good as it would have been organically,” he said.
“But still, it would be good. Not as good as what Nawaz Sharif had on him last time. Now THAT was a presence, though I had thought back in the day that it wasn’t natural.”
“Yes, this has been a deep-rooted insecurity of the chairman,” said Naeem-ul-Haq, a close friend.
“I keep telling him that this doesn’t matter and that this is a perfectly normal sized mandate by Asian standards and what matters is the way one used what one has, but to no avail. I mean look at what Zardari managed to do with what he had on him, but no, Chairman Sb just won’t listen.”
