“Some families have it in their blood.”
“What? A disease?”
“You need to start seeing the glass as half full. I mean the efforts by the civilian and military leadership of our country have succeeded in a Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran – both have acknowledged it, and not just President Trump….”
“Some corrections in your statement are required. You meant the efforts of the military and civilian…..”
“Hey back off.”
“This is necessary because the international media is referring to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s tweet and…”
“And our media is referring to the statement by the Interior Minister and…”
“Stop it right there – I mean even our prime Minister would not hesitate to give the entire credit to the chief of our defence forces.”
“I was actually referring to the rise of the House of Dar in the service of the House of the Sharif.”
“Shut up, Dar sahib has been telephoning all over the place and true he was not the chosen one to go to Iran and….”
“Hey his service to this country has been of a very long-standing…”
“Indeed it has and for your information his son Ali Dar has been appointed as the Advisor to the Chief Minister of Punjab on Artificial Intelligence and Special Initiatives….”
“Hamm what does that remind me of?”
“Stop it, the guy is very educated and…”
“No, no don’t take all my comments as negative, I am simply reminded of Ahsan Iqbal’s portfolio – isn’t his job title Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives?”
“Right, but he is now referred to as Mister Planning.”
“Indeed.”
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