Pleasures of political kill … Asha’ar Rehman

d to is proof enough of a surrender against the basic instincts we had somewhere in the middle realized we needed to curb as civilized people. It is so revealing to have people you have seen learning to rationalize the animal urges succumbing once again to the original habits. It is a resort to these old tendencies that provides substance to the excruciating whole of voices that encompasses Pakistan today.

It is but perplexing to see that people are finding it so tough to have some genuine reasons to oppose or support the phenomenon called Imran Khan. It is even more strange when those with deeper roots and longer training in the politics of the country accuse the PTI of provoking them. And even if this point about the Khan fans offering their opponents no choice but a confrontation is conceded to, it is most appalling how some of those who had once criticized parties such as the PML-N for using foul language and scandalous propaganda have fallen in the pit where all they can think are Imran Khans nikahs and his illegitimate children.

All these years, Maryam Nawaz is today asked about the filth her fathers side had heaped upon the Bhuttos back then. She could alternatively been asked to create a solid curb-Imran plan without the nikahs and children thrown in. It should not be an impossible task. After all, the man so badly ruled the country just recently and appears so naive and stubborn in taking positions on so many issues. Patience and persistence pays.

The writer is a senior journalist.

Courtesy The News