Senate Hullabaloo

After exhausting all her options to prevent Senate Elections, weary PDM retreated and shifted its goal post again. Now, the goal is Senate Elections. Again, Asif Ali Zardari seems to Checkmate sick Nawaz Sharif and paranoid Molana. While, president PDM was over awed on his political relevance and Bemar Nawaz Sharif eagerly pulled strings from London to topple the Govt, AAZ was quietly and astutely working on Senate Elections. They didn't even get hints from Aitzaz Ahsen's planted disapproval of PDM's narrative. Political genius of AAZ outshines thick Nawaz & desperate Maulana. AAZ wishes to bring in his tested crony Yousaf Raza Gillani as Senate Chairman. Particularly, Noon is at a loss as they couldn't buy enough parliamentarians in the process. Maulana, since his eviction from Parliament Lodges, has otherwise lost his political mojo. His Long March in 2019 followed by Dharna in Islamabad and PDM's flop show were unlike shrewd Maulana. Ruling party's political tactics is focused on deterring buying of parliamentarians. So, they pass open ballot ordinance, conditioning its promulgation to Supreme Court's approval. If passed, open ballot will help them retain their parliamentarians' votes, hence likely majority in Senate. If not passed, then PTI will gain political sympathy. By the way, their political narrative and media usage is working well for them vide main theme of corruption, denouncing opposition for not supporting open ballot and latest viral video on parliamentarians' sale-purchase. 

Question should arise, why Senate Elections need such planning as being executed by leading political parties cum corporations? Politicians are spending time & money on this project. It must be a very profitable investment. 

In simplest words, all kinds of mafias whether sugar, flour mills, land grabbers, civil servants, political black coats etc need political fathering. Legislation or its absence on issues nourishes mafias. In order for them to thrive, mafias use their money for sustained political patronage. Perforated legislation will not let them get caught, but if they did, same perforation assits their flawless evaporation. 

Despite knowing legislation will not pass, Govt is pretending to be sincere on its open ballot stance. Because it has no option due to its rotten egg collection of parliamentarians of past waste. And what else could we expect from those who grew up in that buy and sell political culture. Funny enough that less IK entire political fraternity is happy to reap the benefit of their investments through secret ballot. IK also guilty for turning a blind eye on previous Senate Elections' buying & selling by Tareen, Sarwar and Balochistan Mandi. 

There is however, some light at the end of the tunnel that if IK gets legislation numbers, things might change for Pakistan. In which case, expect louder excruciating screams of opposition unless Zardari magic works. If it does, mafia associated with Don AAZ shall get a breather till next General Elections and Pakistan might have to wait for its fate's turnaround. 

Only Allah knows the whole Truth.