“So the Deputy Prime Minister very appropriately thundered yesterday about the Gaza peace plan.”
“Was it yesterday or the day before?”
“Really! That is what you have focused on!”
“Well the point is that on a scale of one to ten in terms of who gets the most coverage, the Deputy has come out a clear winner every single day since he was appointed. My point is that shouldn’t there be a hierarchy…”
“Maybe that’s a conscious Sharif policy decision.”
“Sharif as in S or Sharif as in N?”
“It all comes back to N and…..”
“I don’t quite agree – I reckon S is acceptable and N isn’t.”
“But…”
“The perception in the party is that N remains a key, but I reckon the moment S is replaced the M and N are going to have a hard time…why are you laughing?”
“What about O and P?”
“Right, those are the next letters in the alphabet, but I don’t see…”
“O for overs and P for Pakistan.”
“What in the world…”
“The overs are not over if you know what I mean, even a non-political person like me knows that and this is our Pakistan – yesterday, today and tomorrow for the foreseeable future.”
“How many overs are there in any innings? I mean, there is no eternity for…”
“Hey, I will define it as life-long immunity and a word of advice to the Israeli Prime Minister: don’t seek a pardon. I recommend a perusal of our twenty-seventh amendment. A pardon is only for past actions, a life-long immunity however…”
“Gotcha anyway I guess I do agree with your assessment of the acceptability of S over M and N, but I would like to advise the Deputy that over exposure in the media is a sure shot recipe for a decline in popularity and…”
“Maybe for those who are going to stand for elections – fair, free and…”
“Be realistic, when you have a constituency of one…”
“One as in M or one as in…”
“Shut up.”
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