This is a news column. It is not necessary to believe every news or reject it outright. Journalism is actually another name for experimenting with the gap between IDEALISM and PRAGMATISM. Columns are a relatively modern genre for expression, so it is customary to combine literature, history, politics and scandals. It would be an exaggeration to consider it as high literature, but it is more than a rough draft of history. Like ghazals, it has a much greater thematic and structural scope than other genres of journalism. That is why columns sometimes look like fiction, sometimes like essays, sometimes they contain advice and sometimes brutal accusations. Inefficient writers like us, whether it is oppression or a time of exile, make a living by using the composition of metaphorical columns. If they dare to come out of their cowardice, they can write critical columns. If a news or event needs to be explained, an analytical column is written, sometimes if something is very popular, a qasida is also written like Ghalib and Iqbal, if something does not please the eye, the field of satire is also open. Humor and humor are the necessary spice of columns, all of these are derivatives, the main thing is communication, whatever method of expression is adopted, the aim is to convey the message to the public. The biggest news about the judiciary is that a constitutional bench was created through the 26th Amendment, but this was a compromise for the state and the government. According to the Charter of Democracy, the government’s real desire was to create an independent federal court, but it could not do so due to political pressure. Now its next goal is the establishment of a federal court, for which preparations are being made behind the scenes. Obviously, when this process starts, a new political upheaval will come, supporters and opponents will come face to face again. Will the government win or will it again pull out the veil of expediency? This matter will be known only then.

The state has almost resolved the issue of privatization of PIA by taking it into its own hands. According to well-informed sources, the United Arab Emirates had shown keen interest in purchasing PIA and a very large offer has been received from them, but after consultation, various state institutions have decided that PIA will not be sold to any foreign company or foreign country because the profits will go abroad. Now a consortium of top 20 industrialists and traders of Karachi and Lahore has been formed, ten partners in this consortium are from Lahore and ten from Karachi. The government has set its reserve price at 80 billion, while this consortium has offered 100 billion. Let’s see what happens next. The state and government are also giving indications of important changes regarding America. The biggest news is that an offer to build a Trump Tower in Islamabad in the style of America has been made to President Trump’s business organization. It is also being said that a delegation from the US Congress is going to visit Pakistan in the coming days. In April, Pakistan’s supporters, members of the US Congress, and Pakistanis are going to be the foundation of the US. There are also whispers that Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s visit was not a failure. The real issue was lobbying so that President Trump would not announce the release of Shakeel Afridi in his first speech. The anti-government camp had also tried in the US to impose travel restrictions on important people in the military establishment. This campaign was also unsuccessful. Lobbying was also done to silence Richard Granoller. Due to these steps, the state is understanding that President Trump will not make any dramatic or revolutionary announcement regarding the release of Imran Khan. If there is any talk, he will talk about symbols and nothing more.

What happened to the property tycoon is a big mystery. Apparently, due to President Zardari, the Interior Minister and some people in the ruling party, things were being settled to a large extent. The conditions for the tycoon’s return were also being decided. The investor was also sad about Pakistan, and there was a feeling that his return would encourage general investment and especially benefit the real estate business. This matter got worse when Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi were sentenced in connection with Al-Qadir University. Both Noon and Muqtada were eloquently describing this sentence in their narratives, but there was a mistake in this narrative that if Imran is being punished, who deposited the money returned to the state from Britain in the Supreme Court in exchange for the property tycoon’s fine and in return, Al-Qadir University and other lands were registered in his name, then how can the property tycoon be kept isolated from this matter? Noon needed to target the property tycoon to strengthen his political narrative. He also convinced the powerful in this matter. Thus, the property tycoon also came under verbal fire. On the other hand, the property tycoon sitting in the Gulf state was already sitting far away from the homeland, some of his advisors were also anti-government. His big mistake was that he gave a very strong counter-statement. Noon’s narrative became stronger and she was happy that the powerful and the property tycoon had cooled down and the PTI came under more radar. The loss was the property tycoon. Now the state has started pushing for him to be called from the Gulf under the extradition of criminals (EXTRADITION). It remains to be seen whether the arsonists will succeed or the fire-extinguishers. The powerful are very angry with the tycoon’s statement because they consider it a strong political statement, so they may not be satisfied with even a light explanation. It will take time for the matter to cool down. At the government level, it seems that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has now risen to the level of favorability for the powerful, rather than being acceptable to them. Earlier, he had less SPACE, but now he has got a little more SPACE. In the recent transfers of the judiciary, there was a difference in the choice of the Minister of Law and the Minister of Interior for the post of Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court to the Islamabad High Court, but finally the choice of the Minister of Interior was finalized. It has also been reported that the government is trying to raise the fallen real estate. After the decline in the interest rate, the market has started moving, and in this regard, a package is being prepared by taking the IMF into confidence. The news is also hot that a development similar to Dubai’s latest Emirates Hills is being carried out in two sectors of Islamabad. A new housing scheme is being brought along with the Karachi port, for which the rules are being changed so that it can be given world-class standards. Whether it will happen or not, we will know only much later. These news, these secrets and these matters have been accumulating for many days, so I thought I would bring them to the attention of the readers.

Today’s column is a NEWS COLUMN. Analysis, commentary, and post-mortems of these news stories will be available in the coming days.