Let the guilty men (and women) retire

[snopes]

A common question that one very often hears these days being asked is whether the parliamentary elections will be held as per the timeframe as expressed by the Election Commission. While on the matter of elections, one is reminded of an anecdote that is associated with the late president Ziaul Huq of Pakistan.

Every time the Pakistan president sat down to have his hair cut the barber would start by asking, "Mr. President, when will you hold the election in the country?" And the president would reply, "All in good time." Nothing further would transpire between the two till the next time when the barber would start by asking the same question and receive the same reply.

After this had gone on for sometime, Zia was mystified by his barber's interest in elections. The next time he turned to his barber, when put the very same question for the umpteenth time, and asked: "How is it that every time before you start cutting my hair you ask the same question and remain satisfied with the same answer I give."

"I am not interested in your answer, it's only that when I ask you about your intention of holding election your hairs stand on their ends, and that makes my job of cutting your hair easier," was the candid reply.

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