 Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz provincial leaders threw eggs at a central leader during a protest at the nomination of officials in the party's provincial chapter on Saturday. Members of the organisational committee of the PML-N had gathered at the party's provincial secretariat for a meeting to nominate office bearers for Lahore and Gujranwala. Before the meeting began, a group of PML-N workers staged a demonstration outside, demanding that their views be considered in the selection of officials Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, the chief organiser of the PML-N in Punjab, had summoned the meeting. Malik Pervez, Ghulam Dastgir Khan, Rana Tanveer, Yawar Zaman and Sardar Ayaz Sadiq are also on the committee. Dastgir Khan came out of the secretariat to declare that Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the party's acting parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, had authorised the committee to nominate the office bearers and forward their selection to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for final approval. These remarks seemed to annoy the protestors even more and they began shouting slogans denouncing the committee members and Nisar Khan.
I can certainly sympathize. Every time I'm displeased about something I start shouting slogans, too — stuff like "54-40 or Fight!" or "Huzzah for Madison!" or "Millions for Defense but Not One Cent for Tribute!". There's nothing like a well-timed "I like Ike!", shouted with the appropriate volume, to bring a planning meeting around, and "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too" works well at budget discussions.
I'm not sure why, but my co-workers step quietly around me now. |
| Maybe you should stop using the hard-boiled eggs? |
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