Utopia Poem by NAYYAR SHABBIR AHMAD

Imran Khan breezed into London Town last summer
(Circa 2011)
swearing to anyone who would listen
that he was destined to become
Pakistan’s next PM

Modesty and he being virtual strangers
he assessed that a tsunami had swept over his Country
And, after 16 years in the wilderness
the public were propelling him and his Party into pole position
to win the next election

Perhaps

But, on the strength of that so-called tsunami i
a deluge of stalwarts of other well established Parties
- well averse to changing sides on the strength of a whim
rushed over to join him

None of these Mp’s can be accused of being as squeaky clean as He claims He is
Some, in spite of being rich Landlords have never paid their taxes
Others are only Mp’s courtesy of nepotism - etc.
But, their vote banks are desperately needed
so the Head of Tahreek-e-Insaaf’s eyes are firmly averted to their past misdemeanours

Nobody really knows what his policies are
Except that he intends to end endemic and rampant corruption within 90 days
Apologize to hard done by Baluchistan
And, right the decades of wrongs done to the NWFP
All very commendable
All very achievable
with the mere wave of a wand

While he’s achieving wonders
what hppen’s to all the discredited politicians he’s been gathering?
He swears, they’ll sit on the back benches till they learn the error of their ways
Can a leopard really change its spots after over 60 years of ruling the roost?
I SUSPECT not!


Soon, they’ll be clamouring for their erstwhile chauffeur driven limousines
Demanding to bestride VIP Lounges at Pakistan’i airports
Or, attempting to justify the right to elect a relative to an Mp’s lucrative Office - etc.

As for Imran’s true followers
Those who’ve stuck by him through thick and thin
What of them, you may ask?

They don’t like the look of the constantly diminishing goal posts

The other day they decided to confront Imran,
with ‘this ones’ dodgy tax dealings
and, ‘that ones’ questionable history
He dismissed it all by saying, suavely
‘Save your questions for another day. We must take a lunch break.’

Well spoken
Just like a seasoned politician

Imran Khan will get far
Inshalla

The masses are disillusioned with the rampant corruption
and sheer incompetence of Parties like the PPP and PML-N
who think they have the God given right to
take it in turns to rule/Misrule
the Nation
Or Lord it over the Pakistanis

My fellow Countrymen
please don’t vote for useless Politicians such as these
They’ve been tried and tested
And, retried and retested countless times
And found to be thoroughly wanting

Give Imran Khan a chance
He couldn’t do any worse
than any of them
Even if he tried