“So who should get the 2026 Peace Prize?”
“Leave it to the Norwegians – it’s their prerogative…..”
“Reminds me of what the Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless said – mera tohfa meri marzi (my gift my pleasure or wish).”
“You are so partisan.”
“How did you reach that conclusion?”
“Because you quoted The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless. I want to quote the three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif who on the floor of the House said it is my money so what is it to you?” “Was he three times or four times?”
“Three, the Man Who Loves Portfolios, his samdhi, is a three time or is it four-time finance minister….”
“That’s a delicate relationship after all – President Trump has conferred the US Ambassadorship to France to his samdhi too and need I add the French government has already given him two warnings for making comments unbecoming of a diplomat…”
“Hmmmm anyway the lover of multiple portfolios was three times finance minister and then the new set of stakeholders deemed him unfit to hold that portfolio so he finagled the Deputy Prime Minister position.”
“That’s not the way forward in our politics.”
“I hope you are not going to point out that the First Daughter is the way forward in our politics.”
“Nope, not at all, he should have sought the position of Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.”
“You are being facetious.”
“I have it from a very good source that Nawaz Sharif requested that portfolio.”
“For whom? Himself or his samdhi?”
“I have told you a million times what is good for the goose is not good for the gander.”
“I assume the goose being the samdhi and the gander being Nawaz Sharif.”
“You are right about the goose, but the gander changes over time.”
“So who…..”
“Depends on a specific time period. For example, the three letter writing judges of the Islamabad High Court have been transferred by the Judicial Commission and stripped off their seniority too….”
“Yeah see if we define literacy as being other than signing your name then we run into trouble.”
“So no letter writing.”
“Yep that is the pulse of the country.”
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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