A Tale of Two Cities - and two rallies

It was the best of times, It was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.

It was a festive air, it was a deathly silence; it was Karachi, it was Lahore; It was Imran Khan, it was Altaf Hussain...

 - Adapted from Charles Dickens