“This man or indeed woman could be completely unknown. Or it could be that astute and honest politician who long deserves recognition for integrity, competence, or even an ability to perform a deft Machiavellian maneuver,” states the advertisement by Dawn News channel for its new show.

But the channel’s much-publicised show Enter The PM, which will look for a make-believe prime minister who can “shepherd a nation of activists, not police a fold of huddled sheep”, is being pooh-poohed “as a comedy in the ongoing circus”.