This was not lost on the politicians on the ground but for those of us watching from afar, the larger game of machinations made us oblivious to the people on the ground.
The story of rosy health and ill health in urban settings is the story of unequal access to healthcare in a city’s rich and poor areas.
exacerbate
aggravates
derailed
His invective against the security establishment is more out of dejection than based on principle
. His angst did not come as a surprise when Gen Bajwa decided to play ‘neutral’.
It was expedient
One can understand the scorn of a dejected leader losing the establishment’s patronage
His penchant for holding forth on all issues, ranging from economic and foreign affairs to domestic policy issues at frequent addresses to the media and other professional bodies, certainly had a purpose.
the rug was pulled from under his feet
haywire
penchant
hiatus
incensed
kernel of truth
While justifying his tacit role in Khan’s fall from grace, the former army chief called his estranged protégé “dangerous for the country”
All that sounds like a dark comedy — an illustration of the sordid power game that characterises our politics.
But things have not evolved according to script this time, with a maverick actor refusing to bow out. The plot seems to have gone completely haywire with the new actors failing to perform. That has rendered the endgame perilously uncertain.
mellowing
polemical war
farce
piggybacking
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