Blissful ignorance
The constant refrain from out-of-towners at the recent Karachi LitFest, was about the dirt and disrepair of this once glittering city. The Sinned government has to be the most callous in the country. We hear Hubby couldn’t care less, and Bill who does apparently care, is out in the cold. Our mole says Hubby is busy minding his own business, in a manner of speaking, with officials of the government visiting him at home in that ever-expanding enclave that is B House. It’s called living in blissful ignorance, for Hubby apparently prides himself on the fact that he never reads the papers nor watches telly.
Like a fiefdom
The ruling party of Sinned is not alone in running its province like a fiefdom. There are rumours of similar practises in the Land of Five Rivers. We hear a Lahore publishing house was ordered to print material worth Rs 7 million for the last youth fest. The formal approval was for far more, we hear. An advance cheque was taken from the publisher, it is said, minus the agreed amount, with the balance going to the heir apparent.
Out of favour
Isloo’s buzz is that some in The Great Khan’s coterie have failed to find favour with his new wife. One of these is The Saint, we hear, who was devastated to hear news of the nuptials. And who can blame him, for Mrs Khan II had made pejorative remarks about him in her tweets prior to the wedding. She’s not keen on some of the family too. Not that the latter are tripping over themselves to curry favour with her. The Khan’s gifted older sister is an intelligent critic of his doings, and the only one he shows signs of taking seriously.