If all things material and real fail you, tap instead into the powers of the unseen and unheard.It's a formula that Pak politicians have stuck by for decades, and a 'chirping bird' in the Prime Minister's House confessed that the incumbent prime minister rows the same boat.
Like his predecessors, Benazir Bhutto
... 11th Prime Minister of Pakistain in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996. She was the daughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, founder of the Pakistain People's Party, who was murdered at the instigation of General Ayub Khan. She was murdered in her turn by person or persons unknown while campaigning in late 2007. Suspects include, to note just a few, Baitullah Mehsud, General Pervez Musharraf, the ISI, al-Qaeda in Pakistain, and her husband, Asif Ali Zardari, who shows remarkably little curiosity about who done her in...
and Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has a spiritual guide, Pir Abdul Majeed Khan.
And like the chief of his political party,
President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
, who keeps Pir Mohammad Ejaz at the Presidency, 'Pir Khan Sahib' has been given unhindered access to the PM's Office.
A source revealed that soon after taking over as the prime minister of Pakistain and before going to the Supreme Court for his first hearing, the PM had in person visited Bari Imam and Golra Sharif shrines.
The source said: "Premier Ashraf meets different spiritual leaders but has a special affiliation with Pir Khan Sahib who hails from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
The source added: "Mr Ashraf often consults him on a number of issues which remain strictly confidential between the two of them."
"The last time the two met, Prime Minister Ashraf was happy with the advice Pir Sahib gave him and told us that all issues had been addressed well," the source continued.
Rumour has it that PM Ashraf's family is equally in awe of Pir Khan Sahib, and on the eve of the first hearing at the Supreme Court on Aug 27, prime minister's two sons travelled all the way to the residence of Pir Khan Sahib.