Right then. Benazir’s back.

Not that this is particularly surprising. Most of Karachi, at least those parts of town where I spend my time, look as though they’ve been haemorrhaging red, black and green (the colours of the Pakistan People’s Party, of which BB is the leader). There are posters and banners everywhere, most with incredibly poor grammar and spelling, and all inevitably bearing images of at least two or more of the following:

1. Benazir Bhutto (Our Heroine);
2. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (The Executed Papa);
3. A random procession (i.e. the Power of the People, or such-like); and
4. A fat politician with, at minimum, three chins and absurdly ugly facial hair (the constipated expression seems to be optional but quite in favour), who has sponsored the placement of said banner/sign/poster.

Generally all visuals include numbers 1 and 4, but 2 and 3 seem to also be quite popular. These are also captioned with incredibly catchy slogans such as “Welcome welcome Benazir” [sic] or “Chaaron soobhon ki zanjeer, Benazir Benazir” [lit. “The chain (presumably holding it all together?) of all four provinces, Benazir Benazir”].

It’s ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as the fact that my spell-check doesn’t seem to have issues with the word “Benazir”, and I’m pretty certain I never added her name to the dictionary.
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