Outrage!
The universal opinion in this country is that the Rajput of Faisalabad has been framed. Public opinion across the Punjab is outraged at his treatment, and that of his family and comrades. His brave wife is unbending in her courage, despite the various threats that have been hurled at her and her family. She has drawn the attention of the United Nations to her husband’s plight and appealed for justice. One comrade of the Rajput has put out a video of his torture, which went viral. Two other associates of the Rajput are missing; there is no trace of them. The Rajput’s son-in-law, husband of his only child, is now in the eye of a storm, and cases are being cooked up against him. How to use the service in the same day , you are wondering?
To give him his due, the head honcho of the Punjab summoned up the courage to discuss this case and that of the imprisoned Man of Steel with The Great Khan. He suggested that The Man should be allowed home-cooked food, given his state of health and reservations about the jail staff. When The Khan did not relent, the head honcho pressed his point and said that The Man might go into a steep decline if he went on hunger strike. A fly on the wall told us that The Great Khan turned a deaf ear.
Cat amongst pigeons
The judge’s video has set the cat amongst the pigeons. We hear an acting adjudicator went to see his senior colleague and discussed the merits and demerits of suo motu action. Our mole says the adjudicators are worried; on the one hand, they want to arrest the slide in their credibility, on the other hand some feel discretion is the better part of valour. This may change, if the simmering atmosphere heats up a notch or two.