Three’s a crowd!
Daily Jang (13 August 2018) reported that Nankana Sahib police had launched a “grand operation” [sic] against kite sellers. In the course of the grand operation, the police caught three sellers and recovered a large number of kites and many reels of kite-string from them.
Protected cows
Daily Dunya (13 August 2018) informed its readers that the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat, had special law enforcement squads for the protection of cows. A ban was also imposed on slaughter-houses in the state.
In the family
According to Daily Jang (13 August 2018) that the 2018 elections had proved to be a stroke of good fortune for female family members of a number of politicians (qismat jaag uthi), since they were able to become parliamentarians too.
Trap
Daily Jang (13 August 2018) quoted the erstwhile caretaker Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Hussain Haroon, as saying that the United States was trapping Pakistan in a quagmire (Pakistan ke atraaf jaal bicha raha hai). He was further quoted as observing that Pakistan had done at every stage what Washington wanted it to do, but it had still not been able to get a positive outcome.
No more
Naeem-ul-Haq of the PTI was quoted by Daily Express (13 August 2018) as saying that as soon as his party takes power in the country, it would move to end violence against citizens at police-stations. He stated that this would be a priority for Imran Khan, right after being sworn in as Prime Minister.
New representatives
Daily Dunya (14 August 2018) reported that Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain sat at the feet (qadmon mein) of Imran Khan and spoke to him for a while in the National Assembly. During this time, other parliamentarians looked on in surprise (inki taraf barri hairat se dekhtay rahay).
Suspicion
Siraj-ul-Haq of the Jamaat-e-Islami was quoted by Daily Express (17 August 2018) as saying that the Election Commission had failed to exercise its power during elections. He further stated that it seemed as though the powers of the ECP had been entrusted to someone else on the 25th of July.
Picture perfect
According to Daily Dunya (14 August 2018), when Imran Khan had to get himself registered at the National Assembly, he was advised to get the required photo taken in a black waistcoat, since it comes out better that way. At this point Khan chose not to wear the one hanging in the committee room for this purpose, and asked an employee of the Assembly to lend him his waistcoat instead.
And not a penny less!
Daily Jang (18 August 2018) reported that in his first address as Prime Minister, Imran Khan stated that by achieving power, he would bring every person to justice who had stolen Pakistan’s money. He further stated that it would be a stringent process (karra ehtesab hoga), and those who had looted the country and brought it into debt would have to account for every penny (pai aai ka hisab).
Mission accomplished
According to Daily Express (19 August 2018), before Imran Khan took oath as Prime Minister, Jahangir Tareen was asked what his role in the future would be. In response, according to the report, Tareen found himself overcome by emotions (jazbati ho gae) and stated that he had no role whatsoever. His mission, Tareen explained, was over and he was soon moving abroad for a long time.