"There is no Martial Law" - PTV

Pakistan Television appears to have caught up with time and commissoned a series of 'hard-hitting' talk shows, no doubt as a result of the public's addiction to dramatic, and orchestrated, talk shows (thank you GEO - put a crackpot Mullah (or Imran Khan ) together with Asma Jilani and watch the fireworks).

So here we have PTV's version -

Cast

Host: A young man or woman - good looking in a very typical pakistani way e.g. a chubby fair and lovely model (& no NB i'm not being jealous OK!)

Guest 1: Establishment type - An old face who, many believe, was born a Senator, no set agenda just a voice box of whoever's in power e.g. Wasim Sajjad.

Guest 2: A firebrand Politician - And by firebrand I mean retarded; a member of the ruling party (PTV's subliminal message of the day appears to be: Opposition to the Great Leader is Zionist Propoganda) e.g. Dr. Sher Afghan Khan (true story: a resolution was proposed, a while back, by an opposition politician, demanding the removal of Dr. Sher Afghan, owing to his unstable mental condition!)

Guest 3: A fresh voice, of the youth - Of course a fresh youth hear means a 35 year old buraucrat, with really bad hair and disturbingly right wing views - not as in 'I like Taliban' but more 'I hate India' and 'Freedom of Expression is the biggest threat to national security.'

An excerpt from the Heated Discussion runs like this:

Guest No.1 - "Musharraf is the best because he is a 'bold leader'" (you hear this a lot);

Guest No.2 - "No Musharraf is the best-est because he has led us closer to 'true democracy'"

Guest No.3 - "No Musharraf is the best-est-est because he is a 'true Pakistani'"

Host - "No Musharraf is the best-est-est-est because he has a large cock and rode me like a stallion last night."

Ok so the last bit may be a lie - what the host actually said was that there is no Martial Law in Pakistan. The Court Martial of civilians, fucking civilans man, are neccessary for the security of the country (mulk ki salamati); oh and who are these traitors of the motherland, so far charged with treason:

Mr. Javed Hashmi (PML-N)

Leaders of the National Party - the National Party is a leftist party in Baluchistan that heads the Baluchistan National Movement; it fielded 7 candidates in the last elections (all charged with treason) and received 0.35% of the total votes. (Source)

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At this point the program ends and is followed by In -credible- dia (there's meant to be a line cutting through 'credible'). The show is hosted by a clone of the talk show host and has a guest who is a clone of Guest No.3. The only purpose of this show is to sling as much mud on India as possible. Oh and the tag line is derived from the slogan 'Incredible India' which is used by India's tourism department in its promotional campaign. This show is unbelievable petty and also terribly scary; it is well produced and far apart from the normal PTV propoganda and echos North Korean styled social engineering.