Owais Mughal
Following photo is taken from MB‘s blog here.
The image is a cloth banner wishing ‘Happy Indpendence Day to all Pakistanis except those who habitually change their political loyalties (lotay) and those who have regularly plundered national wealth (luteray).’ As you can see the banner message is issued by the PML(N) leader Shahbaz Sharif‘s secretariat. I guess Pakistani streets are always a great place to find political commentary!
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I agree with Adil here. ‘lota’ means people who switch political loyalties for their own benefit. Literary Urdu mohawara to describe ‘lota’ culture is ‘thali ke began’.
Alah Wasaya, BD. I may be wrong but I always thought that a political ‘lota’ is called a lota not because of ‘ass-wiping’ quality but because the traditiona Lota had a round base and would, therefore, tilt or roll towards where ever the ‘power’ was….
I think we have to give this much to Shahbaz Sharif that he is not a ‘lota’. May be an opportunist during Zia time (when Ittefaq guys got benefited in their Industrial empire) but not a ‘lota’ yet.
Thanks Allah Wasaya, that was really informative!
… And I don’t mean that is due to his (or Nawaz Sharif) being lotas!