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Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Why did Iran's President go to Lahore first?
'Very successful trip of the Iranian President…' 'Why did he go to Lahore first?' 'Not for what you are thinking.' 'And what am I thinking!' 'That the Chief Minister of Punjab has graduated to receiving foreign dignitaries, or she is no longer a sophomore and is now a junior – see her tutor is now daddy and not Parveen Rashid…' 'Have you heard of defamation laws in this country!' 'One of the best in the world, I am told, but like others' implementation has yet to start.' 'What the hell do you mean? They have been passed by…' 'Name one person who has been convicted of defaming another, and this in spite of the daily evening shows that…' 'Right, right OK but anyway my point was that the Iranian President's trip was successful, they have set a10 billion-dollar trade target and…' 'I agree and let's hope that the Memoranda of Understanding translate into binding contracts, though I am not sure if the 10 billion dollars was a target or backed by MoUs…' 'Don't know, but we did support Iran after Israel attacked…' 'Indeed we did, but let me give the background before I pose a question to you. The Iran, Pakistan pipeline remains in abeyance…' 'Don't use that word, it is reminiscent of racist Modi in my mind…' 'Racist or anti-Muslim, anyway the US has severe sanctions imposed on Iran, so my question is unless the 10 billion dollars is all unofficial-smuggled trade how in the world can we circumvent American sanctions and wait…in case of secondary sanctions would we then have over 19 percent tariffs because President Trump doesn't like anyone to stand up to him.' 'I am not sure, but I was so glad to see Nawaz Sharif welcoming the Iranian President in Lahore, he looked healthy and what was with the scarf that was around his neck in this heat?' 'Maybe he wasn't well, but do you think by getting the Iranian President to land in Lahore first, the prime minister was kinda upstaged?' 'I don't think he minds, unless it was the Chief Minister of Punjab on her own welcoming a foreign dignitary…' 'Give up playing the devil's advocate, my friend – the line of succession has been established.' 'Now the party just has to formally legislate the merging of the Forms 45 and…' 'Shut up.' Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
29-07-2025
- Politics
- Business Recorder
PARTLY FACETIOUS: The West has much to learn from us about the criticality of forms
'President Trump said no one thanked the US for giving food aid to Gaza?' 'We all have our own perspective on…' 'And he said that…' 'OK I know where you are going with this, granted that US policy on Israel first has not changed and is not expected to change because of the Israel lobby and this is in spite of growing disenchantment within President Trump's supporters for giving billions of aid and military hardware to Israel when normal Americans are struggling to make ends meet and…' 'I can relate to that, I mean irrespective of whether there is a democratic system in place or an autocratic one or as we are increasingly seeing globally a demauto (democratic plus autocratic) system in place — defined as elected by the people and following policies of the influential, shutting down criticism through…' 'I hope this is not an oblique reference to Forms 45 and 47?' 'The West has much to learn from us about the criticality of forms.' 'Don't be facetious.' 'Excuse me, but our system has withstood the challenges posed by time, but reports suggest that the US system is under threat from within, though I reckon it will take another decade or so…' 'Would there be any Gazans left alive, I mean at the rate Israel is killing Gazans?' 'That's a good question but when I mentioned President Trump complaining that no one had thanked him for giving, I don't recall now, around 40 million-dollar food aid to Gaza…' 'Which clearly is not reaching them, so who is…' 'Please get some perspective. The question you need to ask is who in the world is…' 'Who is pocketing this aid? Well, maybe the US-Israeli run Food Foundation…' 'Shush, the question is why did not a single Western media outlet representative ask President Trump the question as to the success of the aid — how many have received……' 'That would require an independent audit, and I am not sure…' 'Why don't we send our Auditor General (AGP) for that purpose.' 'But then what will we do…' 'He is contributing to climate degradation in Pakistan – he publishes voluminous reports and recommendations which are roundly ignored, that's wastage of paper and paper comes from trees……' 'Don't be facetious.' Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
