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The new Bowing to supremo cabinet proceeding en-bloc to London to pay homage to PMLN supremo Nawaz Sharif fervently played into the hands of PTI. It provided PTI with a god-given opportunity to increase the vilification campaign against those whom they term as imported government making their cult following to rapturously denigrate the incumbents. It appears very cogent from the point of view of PMLN to show who holds the key to Pakistan’s political future and also to assure its workers that their leader is still relevant and effectively in control. However, many observers feel that such demonstration carries little value in the changed circumstances in the country where a defiant mood has overtaken traditional vestiges of popular authority. These people made mockery of the incumbent PM being patted on the back by his elder brother for doing nothing but staying indefatigably loyal to him. There is hardly bowing to supremo any doubt that the old guard is seen bereft of new ideas for realising the enormity of the challenge mounted by the recalcitrant former PM who is confident that he has tacit support of his erstwhile benefactors. And if such assurance has some substance then the London supremo may already be in trouble. TW
