Saturday, 10 September 2011

Deciphering bhai

1- Altaf Hussain's marathon sit-down comedy dubbed as an international news conference went on for more than three hours during which he sang, hand-danced, waved Quran, appeared drunk (or forgetful), and read some documents in a foreign language no one understood.
2- This event was broadcast live, without interruption even for news heads or the sacred 9 'O clock detailed bulletin, or the more sacred talk shows, or the more important advertising spots, by EVERY TV news channel in Pakistan.
3- Here is a bullet point precis of what he said (in my words):
a) 12 May wasn't MQM's doing. It was Musharraf's idea and we only did his bidding (the would-be famous quote: God is my witness I don't know who placed containers on Karachi roads. And if anyone has a problem with that, go to ICJ against me).
b) No one listens to Supreme Court but if it gives a verdict against us, it will be implemented. In that case God is a better judge, and the people are even better at judging such things.
c) Some powers are out to dismember Pakistan but if the army and the ISI (apparently for him they are two different entities) join hands with MQM workers, the threat can be neuteralised.
d) Answering a question from Islamabad he lost his composure and said: 'some people wish that MQM should indeed start breaking up the country'.
e) Quoted from a lot of material available on the net as proof of his assertions.
f) Spoke harshly against ANP and JI, and called Musharraf 'buzdil' and N-League leaders 'be-ghairat' but hardly anything against PPP and nothing at all about Zardari, Gillani and Associates.
4- After the event Nusrat Javed opened his show by freaking out at the epithet of be-ghairat that he somehow connected with TV anchors.
5- Hamid Mir in Islamabad and Kamran Khan in Karachi vied for air time and the crafty Mir was able to throw out the Khan after 15 minutes.
6- MQM's leaders in Karachi made it in time to assorted TV studios, mostly to defend the song-and-dance routine of their leader.
7- Every guest in the post-event talk shows said the opponents were crossing the line of decency, and then decently did the same.

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