Being rude to civil servants: What is the bureaucracy’s job? Why Sonia Sadaf doesnât deserve the blame SAMAA | Asad Ejaz Butt - Posted: May 5, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago SAMAA | Asad Ejaz Butt Posted: May 5, 2021 | Last Updated: 6 hours ago The minister berated the assistant commissioner at a bazaar. Art: M. Obair/SAMAA Digital Listen to the story In 2005, the defense minister of Pakistan, Rao Sikander Iqbal, invited the prime minister and the Turkish ambassador to his village in Okara. The PM had to speak at a public ceremony arranged by Iqbal as an ostensible display of power and popularity. His party, PPP-Patriots had been at odds with the chief minister, Pervaiz Elahi, and the show at Okara was meant to establish the PPP-P in Punjab as a counterbalancing force against the ruling PML-Q. At the last minute, however, the PMâs security route was changed, disrupting arrangements Iqbal made. The incensed defense minister reacted by taking it out on District Police Office Zafar Bukhari and slapping and beating him in front of everyone. The media picked up the story but the fledgling TV channels did not convey the magnitude of the offense as it would have brought disrepute to Iqbalâwho used his privilege and influence to get away with it.