JULY
7, 2019
One striking thing about this government is that almost all PTI
ministers frequently talk about things with which they should not be concerned.
The Science and Technology Minister, for instance, has suddenly reverted to his
old job of giving information or disinformation to the public. At an event held
the other day, he spoke about corruption by a civilian ex-president, about the
billions given to Balochistan and the trillions borrowed by previous
governments, which are not accounted for. It is, of course, commendable that he
knows all this, but one does wish that he would occasionally tell us something
about what his ministry has done after that moon-sighting app. But wait, in the
same speech, he said something that caught my eye. He spoke about magic, something
no scientist or someone with a scientific background believes in. His exact
words were “Sindh Governor Imran Ismail is magician, Sindh govt will be changed
on PM’s wish.”
This made me think of him possibly helping our cricket team win
the World Cup.
Of course, when I read the good minister’s magic words, our team
had a very slim chance of reaching the semi-finals. But as the captain had
said, if he won the toss, he would bat first and make five hundred runs and
beat Bangladesh’s team by 316 runs and thus enter the semi-finals, I thought of
giving him a helping hand. So I sought an old magician I had known many years
ago, who is highly regarded by those who live in the coastal areas of Karachi.
He is famous for helping childless couples and those with girls in becoming
parents of boys.
I found him meditating
outside a shrine. He recognised me immediately and bade me to sit on the ground
by his side. After he had finished his yoga, he turned to me and said, “I know
you’ve come to me for helping our team win the World Cup.” I was flabbergasted,
as until then, I had not said a word. But as I said, he is a powerful magician
who knows what’s going on in the minds of lesser mortals like myself.
Elaborating, he said, “The
team is under a powerful evil spell, like almost everyone else in the country.
He maintained, “The selectors made a mistake, as they have often
done in the past,” while remarking, “It’s such a powerful juju, it’s evident
from the fact that our team’s success was to be determined by England losing to
India and New Zealand, and other teams also losing and what not.”
“I can’t help you; you should have come before the team left the
country, I’d have made sure they would be protected against the most powerful
black magic,” he exclaimed.
I told him how the captain was confident of winning the match by
such a big margin if he won the toss and elected to bat first. He shook his
head, but said, “I can help him win the toss, my son, but it’s not possible for
the team to reach the semi-finals and win the World Cup.”
As I got up to leave, he said, “If you have a politician friend
who wants to be appointed to any powerful post in the country, I’ll help him,
but make sure you bring him here at least a couple of months before his
selection.”
“He will need powerful magic for protection against those who
don’t want him to be selected,” he continued. I wonder whether he could really
do it.
The writer is an engineer, a former visiting
lecturer at NED Engineering College
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