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Lets just agree to disagree on this. I don't think I will ever be able to understand the Enlightened Moderation of the whole MM fiasco, because it is not based on any kind of logic, it is based on a certain kind of thinking, to which I don't subscribe, and therefore there is no point is pursuing the argument.

This is just damage control, and come to think of it, not even that. They thought they were doing the right thing, and probably still think the same say. Its just that the holy father (in this case the mother) sent the holy writ and what else could be done but try and please her by changing a few things.

I have a three point agenda for this post

1. Bad press
2. Lack of control/an over zealous cog in the wheel
3. Bad bad damage control

1. Bad press
It would be bad publicity if MM went to Amreeka and told the world about what happened to her. This is the same kind of mentality that would censor a kiss but would have no problem with a man singlehandedly blowing away a hundred people in the most explicit way possible. Might as well just do away with all bad news, I am sure that would fall in line with this reasoning, so no bad news, that means nothing bad happened, and we can all go to sleep knowing all is good. I am happy to report that PTV is following that line, and has been for a few years. The proverbial pigeon closing its eyes and imagining the cat away.

2. Lack of control
I think what probably happened was that someone thought they would be extra smart and had her name put on the ECL and then took away her passport. This unfortunately became a bigger issue than what anyone had bargained for. So FL had a choice, either to say that he sanctioned it, or admit that he had no control and the bunch of morons who work for him aren't very enlightened or moderate. He chose the former. Condi makes the phone call, and Kasuri has a case of temporary constipation. So they refer to the same morons for damage control, which brings us to 3.

3. Damage control
Imagine, the same whizkids who were responsible for the screwup, were given the responsibility of finding a way to bail out FL and his stooges. And they come up with another brilliant strategy. Suddenly they want to return her passport and strike her name off ECL (something I don't think has happened by the way, wait till she tries to travel). May I ask why suddenly it will be ok to wash our "dirty linen" in public? And to top it all, the Supreme Court suddenly wants to try her appeal. I am wondering what happened to MM's mother who had suddenly become unwell, Nilofer Bakhtiar is suddenly not as concerned as she was earlier when she announced that MM will not be traveling for that reason.

It wouldn't be so bad if we learn something from this, but being the eternal pessimist, especially when it comes to the intelligence of my fellow beings, I don't have much hope. We will see this happen again and again, so be it!

This is funny

Sometimes I wonder if not reading the newspapers is a good idea, but if it weren't where would I get my laughs from. Some nuggets

1. PDF Scheme
The government of Punjab launched a lottery called the Punjab Development Fund with the tag line
"pachees ruppay main dhaee karrore". So you bought a ticket, and could win lots of money if your number came up.
A certain gentleman has gone to the High Court petitioning that this must be stopped because

a. He was sold two tickets with the same numbers, and more interestingly
b. Lottery is un Islamic, and so be it.

Bhatti Saab of Larkana, I am with you my friend. They have the gall to sell you two tickets with the same number, how dare they? I mean that makes it double un Islamic.

2. FL
FL made another bold statement while on his current tour, he told MM not to go abroad because the NGOs are the devil's instruments. I love you my man, I wonder if your paranoid schizophrenia has a cure?

3. Further developments in MM story
A woman senator declared that MM should shut up and seek justice from Allah. Why not? Lets just do away with the courts and police, we dont even need the legislative assembly. If you get robbed or killed, you will get justice in the next world right? So why are we spending so much money on police and judges, its a total waste.

4. PTCL
I met a guy yesterday who informed me that PTCL's staff is the smartest bunch of people on earth, and getting the Arabs to run PTCL would be a mistake since they are all a bunch of morons.

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Tales of the Unexpected

Some interesting stuff that I have read in the newspapers in the past few days

1. Mukhtar Mai and ECL

This is interesting. The government decides to put her name on the exit control when they find out she is traveling to the badlands. The PM says he doesn’t know anything about it. The Advisor to the government says, she is being provided with security, therefore she can’t move around freely. After meeting these morons in Islamabad, MM says she doesn’t want to travel since her mother is sick. Sounds real fishy to me.

Seems like there are people who are scared that if she goes abroad, our holy land's name will be maligned, because more people would know about our Enlightened Moderation, where a woman gets raped by a group of people because her brother or somebody had an affair with some woman or something. And then the law enforcement agencies don’t do anything about it. FL steps in and makes sure some of the culprits get arrest, after which they are all let go, because of some technicality.

Brilliant move! Kudos to whoever came up with this one, should be given Hilal-e-Pakistan for saving the name of the Holy Land.

2. Sheeda Tully and Bootcamps
I like that Kashmiri guy, called something Malik. He has such a sullen expression on his face all the time. I caught part of his speech on TV; he is not a happy camper. Anyway, he reportedly told the press yesterday that Sheeda Tully ran a Jihadi camp. Today he had a stroke and has been told to stay in bed and not talk to anyone. Hmmmm!!!! Is it just me?? Meanwhile, Sheeda Tully denies all and says he only gave food and shelter to people who came from Kashmir.

3. Women in the Parliament
Qazi's daughter says that women in the parliament is wrong. She is a member herself. To which she says, she will go home after all the women are sent home. Profound logic!!

4. PTCL
Government says we are selling off PTCL. Union says no way, we will go on strike. Government says privatization deferred indefinitely. Government sends army to take over the installations. Government says we are privatizing, Unions declared illegal, so go bugger off!! Now I really don’t have an opinion about the whole privatization (actually I do, but let’s worry about that later), the government is a lying bunch of morons, that’s what I have a problem with.

In my personal opinion, PTCL should be disbanded.

That about covers it.

Blower's daughter

Can't take my eyes off you....

Seems like I can't stop listening to this song. It haunts me

http://www.warnerbrosrecords.com/damienrice/

What does it mean? Who is the blower's daughter and why does she (I am assuming its her who is represented by the female voice) say she doesn't loathe the protaganist?

So it is, just like you said it would be
life goes easy on me, most of the time

and so it is, shorter story
no love no glory
no hero in her sky

can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you

and so it is
just like you said it should be
we'll both forget the breeze
most of the time

and so it is
the colder water
the blower's daughter
the pupil ....

I can't take my eyes off you....

I can't take my mind off you
till I find somebody new

strange twist at the end. The tag line of the movie is, if you believe in love at first sight, you will never stop looking.

so there it is