by B. R. GOWANI
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a London hospital PHOTO/Geo TV
a South Asian saying: one who got caught is a thief
the rest are money lenders, i.e., sahukars, in brief
this is how people are judged in the eyes of the law
and it is totally blind to any other unexposed flaw
last year, “John Doe” called a reporter to provide info
and leaked 11.5 million documents after talking in lingo
“I want to make these crimes public,” is what he said
without revealing his ID because he’s living in dread
names of famous, respected, and feared people came out
whom millions of people revere and who have great clout
they’re brown, black, white, men, women, and Aishwarya doll
Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, communists, capitalists, all
Pakistan harbors terrorists and is a very dangerous place
but it does not mean for esteemed people it has no space
in the Panama Papers, names of its premier’s children show up
who have offshore companies registered in their names, yup
as they say, in this bathroom, we are all in a natural state
whether it’s Saudi King, British premier, or Trump the great
also included are Bachchan, UAE president, Turnbull, and others
Berlusconi, Imelda, Poroshenko, Khashoggi, and Nakash brothers
Iceland’s Gunnlaugsson resigned but Saudi’s Salman is still a King
but it was Sharif whose heart took the Panama Papers’ ping
unplanned, he rushed to London, to the old master’s capital city
to avoid opposition attacks and face an operation, a little bitty
neither his conscience is biting nor his moral is screaming
it is just that he needed some space and time for scheming
the opposition and the military pressuring him is not any better
it’s just that Sharif’s hands are cuffed under Papers’ fetter
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com