Satire: Diary of Asif Ali Zardari

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A father’s job is never done. Why do my kids have to be such ardent feminists? One is grateful, though, that they aren’t Gülenists.</p> <p>Bilawal is deeply impressed by my revolutionary fervour. He asked if my redemption politics against the imperialism of PMLN or PTI is based on the works of Voltaire or Marx. He is young this Bilawal, and hasn’t seen Mel Gibson’s <em>Braveheart</em> so doesn’t know where I get my intellectual roots yet. He said to me, “But Papa, surely the revolution is based on Marx?” Again, what does a father say to a child who has never heard the sublime musical stylings of Prince?</p> <p>But forget my children. They will eventually see what the common man sees in me: a champion of the poor. The people cannot even afford a Mediterranean salad, forget about adding extra-virgin olive oil or Norwegian salmon shavings to it. We must eat cake. </p> <p>No, this can’t go on. The next PPP government will bring employment to every hungry household. 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size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Hopeful</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-15T23:31:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-15T23:31:25+05:00">Jun 15, 2017 11:31pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Entertaining.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25825"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Hopeful</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-15T23:31:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-15T23:31:53+05:00">Jun 15, 2017 11:31pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>@Nitin You have to be able to understand satire my dear friend.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25832"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Omair</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T02:35:30+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T02:35:30+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 02:35am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>excellent satire. A true depiction of mr. Zardari's way of thinking</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25836"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Ajaya k Dutt</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T08:36:59+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T08:36:59+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 08:36am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Excellent.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25838"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Sameer Waheed</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T08:59:03+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T08:59:03+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 08:59am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Well written. True depiction of PPP's moto</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25841"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">sami</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T10:12:03+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T10:12:03+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 10:12am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>It's hilarious and what a way to express wit.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25849"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Skeptic</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T15:06:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T15:06:39+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 03:06pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Don't forget Brother Grim, as the apple falls.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25850"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">ABE</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T15:08:55+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T15:08:55+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 03:08pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>@Nitin The only thing difficult or unbelievable about this piece is the suggestion that Zardari can write. </p> <p>It's a Satire. Don't take it too seriously.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25854"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">saeed2574</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T18:37:25+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T18:37:25+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 06:37pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Very entertaining. Perhaps, most people will not understand as we are not in a habit of reading books.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25856"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">ghafoorbazai</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-16T19:11:08+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-16T19:11:08+05:00">Jun 16, 2017 07:11pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>One can write a satire without these heavy words like Bolshevik and Voltaire. Making a reference of Voltaire does not make the writer a Satirist. Do not try to be Voltaire, try being yourself.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="25861"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Syed Ahmed</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2017-06-17T00:08:07+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2017-06-17T00:08:07+05:00">Jun 17, 2017 12:08am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Let's make Pakistani streets garbage strewn again(more).</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="37315"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Napier Mole</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2019-06-16T03:41:52+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-06-16T03:41:52+05:00">Jun 16, 2019 03:41am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Very aptly no mention of Benazir as if she never existed for Zardari.</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="37316"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Hasan</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2019-06-16T04:50:04+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-06-16T04:50:04+05:00">Jun 16, 2019 04:50am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Wow...a satirical Dawn article, aimed at someone outside PTI?? Are my eyes deceiving me???</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="37317"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Khurshid ahmed</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2019-06-16T08:59:16+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-06-16T08:59:16+05:00">Jun 16, 2019 08:59am</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Hahah :)..This is just brilliant!</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="37319"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Mohammed makba</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2019-06-16T13:59:20+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-06-16T13:59:20+05:00">Jun 16, 2019 01:59pm</span></span> </div> <div dir="auto" class="comment__body text-grey-light size-six clearfix"><p>Why don't the writer use the common language so that everyone will understand and enjoy, or is he tried to impress everyone because of language</p> </div> <div class=""> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-b-grey-default border-b-solid" id="37322"> <div class="grid no-gutters"> <div class="grid__item w-eleven-twelfths"> <div class=""> <span class="comment__author size-four uppercase float-left text-grey">Amir</span> <span class="timeago comment__date uppercase size-four pb-2 text-grey content-before-dash" title="2019-06-16T17:37:48+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" 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