> Ant & Grasshopper

>

> Traditional Version

>

> The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer

> building its house and laying up supplies for the

> winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and

>

> laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

>

> Come winter,the Ant is warm and well fed. The

> Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in

> the cold.

>

>

>

>

>

> Modern Version

>

> The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer

> building its house and laying up supplies for the

> winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and

> laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

>

> Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press

>

> conference and demands to know why the Ant should be

> allowed to be warm and well fed while others are

> cold

> and starving.

>

> Geo TV, BBC, ARY, CNN show up to provide pictures of

> the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant

>

> in his comfortable home with a table filled with

> food.

> The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can

> this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to

> suffer so?

>

> Asma Jahangir stages a demonstration in front of the

>

> Ant's house.

>

> Imran Khan goes on a fast along with other

> Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be

> relocated

> to warmer climates during winter.

>

> Amnesty International and Chief Justice Iftikhar

> criticizes the Pakistan Government for not upholding

> the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

>

> The Internet is flooded with online petitions

> seeking

> support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven

> and

> Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the

> wrath of God for non-compliance) .

>

> Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Islamic parties call

> for "Hartal" in Frontier and Baluchistan demanding a

> Judicial Enquiry.

>

> MQM Coalition in Sindh immediately passes a law

> preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as

> to

> bring about equality of poverty among Ants and

> Grasshoppers.

>

> Sheikh Rasheed allocates one free coach to

> Grasshoppers on all Pakistan Railway Trains, aptly

> named as the 'Grasshopper Shalimar'.

>

> Finally, the President drafts an ordinance ' Anti

> State Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [ASTAGA],

> with effect from the beginning of the winter.

> Mobilizes state agencies.

>

> Punjab Govt. makes ' Special Reservation ' for

> Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in

> Government Services.

>

> The Ant is fined for failing to comply with ASTAGA

> and having nothing left to pay his retroactive

> taxes,

> it's home is confiscated by the NAB and handed over

> to

> the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by PTV.

>

> Nawaz Sharief calls it ' A Triumph of Justice '.

> Benazir calls it ' Democratic Justice '.

> MQM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the

> Downtrodden'

> Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz invites the Grasshopper

> to address the National Assembly.

>

> Many years later...

>

> The Ants have since migrated to the US, Canada, UK

> and Middle East, have worked harder then they did

> before set up a multi-million dollar business.

>

> 1000s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation

> despite

> reservation somewhere in Pakistan ...

>

> As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and

> feeding the Grasshoppers, Pakistan is still a

> developing country !!!