Source: Dawn

But let’s hear it for scandal.

This sudden, unexpected, most delicious season of scandal — scandal that has broken on us and over us in wave after surprising wave.It’s hard to keep track. Supreme Court tearing into government. Politicians tearing into the Supreme Court.The new chief sullied before he can settle in; a DGI tainted by association, attacked before he’s spent a day in Aabpara.The old chief’s allies fretting about a purge; the new chief’s fans toasting the purge. And, amidst the new cacophony, the oldest game of all: politicians eviscerating politicians. Who knew an outbreak of stability could look like this.Let’s start from the beginning. Nawaz has made it past a triple threat: the Isloo lockdown; a delicate transition; and a trip to the court.He wasn’t going to coast — nothing attracts instability like the perception of stability here — but the grenades in his path were fewer.At least two of his problems were tied to the calendar: the exit of the two chiefs. By their nature — and the nature of the chiefs — exits are a tricky thing.

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