The "what?"

Aray dekho koun bola! It is Bilawal "Whats my name?" Zardari, and somehow, it feels like 2008 all over again; a recent murder followed by mourning and memorials while there is too much finger-pointing going on rather than proper investigation, and it would not stop here. There has to be a punch-line to all of this, and it came from the party (what party? new years!) chairman's mouth: "The Real Blasphemers" (after the immense success of "Democracy is the best Revenge"). Wow! A big one from the little Z (or should I say B-Z or boozy).

Sitting in a warm, cosy room in London, the chairman of the Pakistan People's Party Bilawal "Say My Name" Zardari used all of vocabulary and British accent to make a point. The speech drove every liberal wild, and PPP-followers went nuts. Oh the bravery! Oh the daringness! Oh the bullshit!

Had the people of Pakistan could see with their eyes, Mr. Taseer was abandoned by his own leadership. The president of the country and the co-chairman of his party, Asif Ali Zardari stayed in Karachi and sent his sister, Faryal Talpur instead. The reason of being which is that he was advised by his astrologer that Mr. Zardari's life is in great danger and it would be better if he stayed near the seashore. Furthermore, a statement given by his son and the chairman of the party was followed by a statement by the "nanny" of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani in which that he announced that the government is not making any changes in the law. Which makes you wonder if PPP would ever be serious about anything? One minute they say "this", the second minute they say "that". This goes on for months and a quick stance is taken if their government is in danger of being toppled.

Coming back to the Bilawal "That's my name" Zardari's speech, it has no use. No matter what he does, he cannot seem to have that "name" charisma for which he altered all of his legal documents. Furthermore, he started his speech without a "Salam" or "Bismillah" and then why he was giving an awkward pause before mentioning the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). Further on, he says, "My mother embraced martyrdom while defending our faith." What? Last I knew, in his address to a procession on August 4, 2009, he said "Salam from Shaheed Muhtarama Benazir Bhutto! From her blood which gave us freedom, from her blood which gave us democracy." Hmm. Interesting! He grew up to be just right. A very befitting leader, very close to the manifest of his party (no, David Guetta is not the DJ).

At the start, I thought that this whole father and son clan would work but sadly, it has been a disappointment. If Bilawal wishes to be an active part of this dirt we call "Pakistani politics", he has to learn the local language, he has to dwell among commoners and he has to rally up support on the streets. He may have received this party (with loads of booze) on a silver plater but not everything would be that easy especially after the circus, his father and his father's faithful friends are running in the name of democracy. Or wait, was it supposed to be a revenge?? My advice: stay in London, Bilawal.