The Pakistani Spectator

The funny thing is that we don’t even find our premier in the Islamabad, where all the power vulture reside. You may find Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the marriage function of any daughter and son of some powerful broker, whether from treasury, opposition, bureaucracy and journalism.

Sometimes we even find our PM in the other cities, but then he vanishes like ghost, but he makes sure that he remains in Lahore or Multan on weekends attending any marriage in the town. He also is found on any inauguraiton ceremonies or university functions, and you can also find him meeting at lunch or dinner with strange entities.

Where you will not find the premier are the areas where the real action is. You won’t find him in Swat, Balochistan, FATA, Northern Areas, and in other crunch areas. He doesn’t even know what to say and what to not to say regarding the policy matters, and so no one bothers to ask from him, as everything originates and get dictated from the Aiwan-e-Sadr.

While premier loves so much Multan, he also needs to look beyond marriages. Why not make South of Punjab a separate province? There is also much in it for the premier, as he could be the first CM of the new Seraiki province.