Without his wardi, the not so clever dictator is losing control of his Q lotas
Smiling all the way, Chaudhrys outsmart Musharraf, Nisar
ISLAMABAD: PML-Q leaders Ch Shujaat Hussain and Ch Pervaiz Elahi have smartly exploited their well-planned but “chance” meeting with Ch Nisar Ali Khan in a PIA flight to alarm President Pervez Musharraf about their possible new alliance with Nawaz Sharif.
Quickly and without much reluctance, the president has mended his fences with these angry cousins by giving them his word that they would not be removed from the leadership role of the PML-Q.
According to insiders, it was after a long time that Musharraf was found giving the Chaudhrys a long clarification to appease them.
The dramatic news of a chance meeting between Ch Nisar Ail Khan and these two cousins is said to have come as a bombshell for Musharraf and his advisers.
Sources said Musharraf had never thought that the Chaudhrys of Gujrat would go to the extent of opening lines of communication after eight years with their bitter enemy Nawaz Sharif.
Within just a few days of this chance meeting, which otherwise was planned carefully after exchange of certain messages between the two sides, the Chaudhry brothers were comfortably receiving assurances from Musharraf that Shujaat would not be replaced by Hamid Nasir Chattha.
Even after meeting the Gujrat cousins, Musharraf asked his trusted aide Tariq Aziz to again meet them to give them further assurances so that they won’t join hands with Nawaz Sharif. Just a few days ago, the same aide had been tasked to stage a coup against the Chaudhrys.
But the Chaudhry cousins got wind of the game plan and decided to turn the tables on Musharraf and chose to use Nisar Ali Khan for their political objective. As they opened their lines of communication with Nisar Ali Khan, they found him quite eager, which further made their job easy.
Nisar, who also claims to be an equally-shrewd politician, was under the impression that he was preparing the ground for a grand coup against Musharraf. After getting clearance from Nawaz, Nisar met the cousins and discussed the possibility of a merger with Nawaz League in a bid to isolate Musharraf. But in the dirty game of dubious politics, the Chaudhrys turned out to be smarter than Nisar. They walked out of the presidency smiling, after having used both Nisar and Musharraf and having saved their jobs.
