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Secret dancing

By DR A.H. KHAYAL September 25, 2008


Almost all our presidents and prime ministers frequently flew between Pakistan and the rest of the globe. The visits cost the treasury whole tankfuls of money. The masses kept furiously firing objection missiles at the fliers. The fliers kept defending themselves with full vigour.

They asserted that the visits were undertaken for further deepening the already existing deep relationships with the foreign countries. The more the visits, the deeper the relationships. Unfortunately, it was never revealed how much new depth was added to the already existing depth. Nor was it revealed how many visits would be needed to get to the bottom of the relationship. Obviously, if the relationship got as deep as the bottom then no more visit would be needed. But the fliers were extremely lucky. In no case they were able to get to the bottom. Naturally, they kept flying.

Unfortunately, the self-defence of the fliers was a fake defence. The reality was fundamentally different. Actually, the political atmosphere in the country has eternally been poisonous. The visits were undertaken for medical reasons. The poisonous atmosphere warned the rulers that in order to keep their political lungs healthy they must keep flying out of the country for fresh air. The rulers had no choice. Instead of criticising the visits, the masses ought to have been sympathetic with the fliers.

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