[DAWN] The recording of a phone call purported to be a conversation between PTI Chairman Imran Khan... aka
Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems...
and a key party politician, where Mr Khan appears happy with the news that PTV's broadcasts had been shut down in August of last year, remained the top news story across all private news channels on Friday.
Although both the PTI chairman and the MNA in question, Dr Arif Alvi, have denied the content of the conversation, the government's spin doctors have been following the development feverishly.
The media wing of the Prime Minister's Office even shared a list of cell phone numbers of ruling party politicians who could be contacted for input on the issue of the leaked tape.
Believing in the veracity of the taped conversation, Information Minister Pervez Rashid criticised the PTI chairman for not effectively responding to the allegations.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar took a jibe at the beleaguered party, saying: "It seems the PTI chairman is disturbed by the leaked tape. The government, however, is sticking to its agreement on the judicial commission."