The Pakistani Spectator

After hundred days of governance, there is very little on display on the showcase of the present government, and even the PML-Quisling has managed to prepare a charge-sheet of more than thousands pages against the PPP-led coalition government, which Marvi Memon and Tariq Azeem flaunt in every T.V talk show in the town.

One wonders as Zardari and his henchmen are the friend of PPP or are they the meticulous destructor of it? The way, Rehman Malik tried to botched the coalition with PML-N and ANP, and the way Salman Taseer was enforced in Punjab, and the way Farooq H. Naek put out thousands of legal rabbits out of his hat to excoriate the restoration of deposed judges, and the way Ahmad Mukhtar is praising General (r) Pervez Musharraf, and the way other Makhdoom of Multan, the foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi is laughing out the premier; are the clear instances of how “high” our premier could fly.

That, and the recent visit of the Prime Minister is a glaring example of haste, inefficiency and mismanagement. Hussain Haqqani, the ambassador of Pakistan in United States, somehow arranged the visit to the PM to the land of masters after much ado, and then as PM was about to land in Washington, the fiasco of ISI happened, and then government took the decision back, and the Americans came to know the importance and esteem of the orders of our premier.

And what a welcome that was for our Prime Minister as throughout his stay, the press of the world’s most powerful nation continuously blamed and accused the Pakistan, and a chorus was heard of “Do More”. In the Washington, there was no talk of building ROZs in the tribal areas, and there was no talk of giving economic injections to the falling economy of Pakistan, and there was no talk of food or any other assistance, and just some peanuts were offered to meet the expense of the entourage.

In Washington, from lobbyists to generals, to diplomats to bureaucracy to the politicians of both parties, everyone was hell bent to prove upon and press upon the Prime Minister and his people as how incriminating the role Pakistani agencies in facilitating the Taliban. No concrete proof was given, and only the blame game was played with loud noise.

As Prime Minister returns to the country, nobody is happy with his performance back in America. Everybody is talking about how bad Prime Minister handled the Question/Answer session after his speech in front of 300 audience in Council on Foreign Relations. That and there was very lackluster display of him while talking to the handful of American businessmen, and it clearly is obvious that the handling of Pakistan’s point of view in regard of war on terror in front of American establishment was flawed and its efficacy was zero.

Now there is a strong talk in America in favor of supporting Pervez Musharraf, as Yousuf has failed to impress Americans as their worthy lackey.