Here's what we know about NAWABZADA NASRULLAH: He's old; he's like in his 90s -- 94, 95 -- a decorated democracy hero, and he's cranky. It seems to me that perhaps I could run this guy's campaign for his tonga party at Khan Garh ... It just seems to me like one thing after another, NAWABZADA is screwing up. And it came to me like a shot this morning as I got out of bed. It hit me, and I said: Well, that's it. That's Nawabzada's strategy. He keeps screwing up like this, day after day after day, sending flying kisses towards Islamabad, that's his strategy -- he's acting presidential.

(NAVEED ZAMAN-Karachi)

AMNA SAMNA

My 10 highlights of NAWABZADA NASRULLAH's appearance on "Amna Samna Live":

Last night on the news they showed Imran Khan campaigning in his home city of Lahore. ... They showed Imran at a corner meeting, and he was wearing a chadar. A chadar! At first I thought it was one of those charity commercials which Benazir and Raa'na Sheikh banned from the TV during their fear tenure.

JAVED JABBAR was in Karachi the other day. He visited a carbon paper factory. And he said, "That's what Pakistan needs, the kind of high-tech stuff like this -- let's see the Japanese copy that!"

The reporters have been badgering Ghinva Bhutto for her economic plan, which she's very reticent to say. Yesterday they asked her again and she said it's a secret. But people close to her think it involves an all-water route to trade spices with Lebanon.

President Leghari ... said the other day that we need a new number like 15 because 15 is overburdened with people who are not really having emergencies. And Leghari admitted he himself often calls when the pizza's late.

Oldy but goldy WALI KHAN is planning a visit to Hollywood after the February elections , he wish to 'research out' something new against the Pakistan Movement at the 20th Century-Fox. Of course, he knows it by its old name -- 19th Century-Fox.

You know who's angry? Zahid Sarfaraz. They will not let him speak on PTV like the '' illegally caretaking'' Mazari era….... They offered him a chance to appear only in a recorded children programme. And he was gonna do it, but then he got suspicious when he found out it was going to be introduced by Nazir Naaji.

Great winter, it's exciting. I'll tell you why. ... First of all, we have the cricket season on, where we will be humiliating all other cricket playing countries. Very cool. And after that we have Feb 3 elections, where we'll tell them how the winners become losers.

Here's some good news from Nazimabad. You know that so far our every single player tested for drugs has tested negative. ... So I guess the only people in this country who can't seem to pass a drug test are the politicians…and ….the traffic controllers.

Mumtaz Bhutto announced plans this week for a new scholarship for middle-school students. It's gonna be called the Confederation Scholarship. It's an annual award, given to an eighth-class student who is bitter, angry, unpopular and smokes at least two packs of cigarettes a day.

It was MANZOOR WATTOO's birthday yesterday. ... His wife, gave him a beautiful compact disc player so he could play his lota slogans on the campaignbus. Today he returned it. He said he couldn't fit them in the damned thing.

His age has been a bit of an issue. He did admit he dyes his hair. And he also said if it would help with the female vote he would wear lady-wig.

The PPP campaign has a new slogan. ... "A better woman for a better Pakistan." It's inspiring, isn't it? It replaces the old slogan, which was "One if by male, two if by female.'"

And at a PML public meeting-- did you hear this? -- Hasan Nawaz Sharif wanted to speak.He's coming into his own after his 'low key marriage' on Dec.25. It turned out yesterday his parents said no, he will not speak. For one thing, he got a B-minus in math. And also, they found some stuff in his Report Card they didn't like.

I know what HAMID NASIR CHATTHA said sounds cruel and stupid, but you've got to understand: CHATTHA is what they call a third-party candidate. That means he has some of the traits of the other two parties. Unfortunately, he wound up with the heart of a PML'ian and the brain of a PPP'ian .

Members of the Pakistan Cricket team got in a lot of trouble on the flight from Karachi to Australia when they refused to stop smoking. ... They wouldn't put their cigarettes out -- the Cricket team. A cricket team that smokes cigarettes? Sounds like the MUMTAZ BHUTTO Dream Team, doesn't it?

(GHULAM SARWAR-Karachi)

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