'VIP Movement'

Story: http://glpo.st/1iGHUey VIP movement (n). The phenomenon of streets having been cordoned off so that some mid-level politician and his security entourage can move through without competing for road space. Pakistan's understaffed, underpaid and undertrained police force consistenty makes use of its resources to get important people from point A to point B. The phrase is typically used to explain lateness. For example: "Dude, I'm so sorry that I'm late. There was a VIP movement on the main road." Also used by speakers of Pashto, Sindhi and Punjabi.