Chotay Mian sahib has got to be the most easily threatened
politician in Pakistan. Soon after the
Tsunami Jalsa of PTI in Lahore last year, CM Shahbaz launched
his facebook page – with all
the requisite fan fair of course – to stay connected to people. He also tweets, he may not respond to
criticism and allegations of nepotism, but he does reminisce about good old
days when his choice in music was more Freddie Mercury
and less Habib Jalib and even his detractors would agree that a man who professes his love for the Queen has got to be endearing in one way or another.
Though Chotay Mian Sahab has over 124,000 likes on his
facebook page, he is not satisfied with the numbers so he asked the top
district officials and policemen in all 36 districts of the province, as well
as regional police officers and commissioners to join
Shehbaz Sharif’s official Facebook page.
Apparently, ordering them to “like” his facebook page was
not enough, so he also asked them – politely of course – to remove any PTI-related
material from their Facebook accounts. It goes without saying that they are NOT
supposed to “like” any PTI page.
Seriously! Looks like our politicians still behave like kids
attending grade school and are still governed by the logic that you can’t be my
friend if you are talking to that other boy. Most grade school kids will
eventually grow up and get over this phase, the same, unfortunately cannot be
said about our politicians. Looks like Punjab government officials will have to
comply with Chotay Mian Sahib’s wishes; otherwise he may start signing off
official documents with “Main naheen
manta, main naheen manta.”
PS: The story initially
came out on The
Express Tribune but was taken of their website after a few hours, fortunately
siasat.pk
has cross posted it on their page.
