Old lions often lie with their eyes closed, but whenever there is any movement in the forest, the lion’s eyes open and they become ready to fight. The old lion of Raiwind had also been closed for a year and a half, but his one eye was half open, with which he kept examining his surroundings. Ever since he made peace with the guardians who claimed ownership rights over the green pastures of politics, he had lost the popularity of his narrative. He had lost the acceptance of the guardians, but he had managed to get the young lion and the tigress into the powerhouse of the pastures. His strategy seemed to be to outsmart the rival leopard with efficiency and take as much share as he could from the guardians. On the other hand, the old lion was in a dilemma because he had experienced both friendship and enmity with the keepers in the past. Neither friendship lasted long, nor enmity brought success. At the insistence of the young lion, he was ready to enter the green pastures through friendship again. It seems that now, coming out of the dilemma, he is starting to understand the ground realities again and is ready to walk with the keepers and become active.

In the last few days, the old lion has opened his eyes completely, just as he had started politics from Lahore and built his vote bank in the past, and has decided to rebuild the same broken house. In the past, it was announced that he would visit Punjab, but now the old lion has decided to focus on Lahore instead of Punjab. The Walled City Authority was raising flags of beauty in Lahore, but it did not have political ownership. The old lion has very wisely taken the political ownership of the Walled Authority and Lahore into his own hands and taken charge of its construction and development.

Lions used to live in harmony with other animals in the forest. They used to meet with the Lahorians every day, traders used to hang out with them, industrialists used to have business meetings with them in cold rooms. When the lions came to power, they started to distance themselves from the public rush. They made their home in a closed-door mansion in Raiwind where no one could come or meet them without their permission. This distance provided them with family peace, but the animals of the forest not only distanced themselves from them but also gradually became mentally disappointed. The lions stopped attending weddings and family celebrations. The distances increased further, where the lush island of Raiwind and where the winding streets of old Lahore were, the bond of relationship became weak and frayed, where they lived, ate, drank and laughed with the rest of their supporters in Gowalmandi, where they had an isolated camp in the island of Raiwind far from the forest! The result was exactly what they feared: the cords of relationships were rotten and frayed. They have become exhausted.

In the recent past, the old lion has started meeting the common people in the Lahore jungle after a long time. He has visited his old area of ​​Gowalmandi, visited people’s homes to offer prayers after their deaths, and has taken a practical interest in the city of Lahore. This is a positive change, the immediate effects of which are not possible, but the long-term effects will definitely be positive. In the last one and a half years, the old lion has kept his eyes closed from popular politics, but has paid full attention to the lion family. Hassan, who lives in a garden in London, and his family have come to the old lion in Raiwind. Old Sher’s non-political daughter Asma Nawaz and her husband Ali Dar also reside in Kachhar, Raiwind. Ever since Old Sher’s political successor Maryam assumed the rule of the province, Asma has taken over Old Sher’s household. A few days ago, Old Sher went to a modern settlement near Raiwind with his family and spent the whole day there. He took the children around and showed them the lake inside the settlement. The interesting thing was that there are two groups of industrialists in Punjab. One is headed by Mian Mansha and the other group is headed by Gohar Ijaz. Both are from Chiniot, but both are at odds in the politics of APTMA and the politics of industrialists. The impression was that Mian Mansha is closer to the Shers, but it seems that the Shers have decided to create a balance and treat both groups equally because despite their differences, both groups used to provide funding and support to the Shers in politics. Although the leopard has surpassed the lion in public popularity, the lion has been lucky in this regard as it is still the businessmen and industrialists. The majority block of cars is his companion.

Old Sher used to be very involved in the politics of traders. Without his support, the officials of the chamber and the federation could not be elected. But as Sher rose to high positions, he forgot the ladders that were useful in the past and now he is probably paying attention to the politics of traders and industrialists. At present, the head of the Central Federation of Traders and Industrialists is SM Tanveer, and the head of the group that lost is Anjum Nisar. In the past, Old Sher also condoled with SM Tanveer on the death of his mother and father SM Munir, as if he had given a signal to put his hand on both groups of industrialists. Similarly, the formal meeting between Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Old Sher after a long time is also part of the new political tussle. This meeting has refuted many conspiracy stories. Old Sher’s tussle is creating a stir in Lahore politics. Will Old Sher be more active in the coming days or will he watch the scene with half-closed eyes and silently? It seems that the old lion will emerge from the dilemma and play its role in the new situation.