PARTLY FACETIOUS: Naqvi sahib has decided to turn domestic cricket around
“He stood tall amongst all.”
“Our Field Marshal….”
“Not that I disagree, but that’s not who I was referring to.”
“Finally some sense has been knocked into you. Were you referring to Mohsin Naqvi – he is in the UK and met with the King together with the cricket team.”
“With or without the seven players who were sent back home?”
“See that’s what I find disconcerting.”
“Stop right now, Naqvi sahib has decided to turn domestic cricket around.”
“OK, but you do recall he was appointed Chairman on 6 February 2024 – that’s how many years ago?”
“Hey the system is under structural reforms at present as Naqvi sahib recently pointed out.”
“He didn’t say it is under reform, he said that it is collapsing and….”
“You say tomato the US way and I say tomaaato the UK way.”
“Alright but I just wanted to say that Naqvi sahib does wear the national dress often but never when he is in Europe. Why not? I mean why isn’t he….”
“Who says he is not a politician – the Sharifs and the Bhutto Zardaris all wear suits when out of the country.”
“Modi doesn’t. And if I remember correctly the Man Who Must Remain Nameless, Faceless and Voiceless used to….”
“You just threw sense out the window again.”
“But he did and before him only women leaders ever wore the national dress outside the country –– Benazir Bhutto used to wear the national dress, Maryam Nawaz wears the national dress….…”
“I guess, but I wasn’t referring to Naqvi sahib when I said he stood tall amongst all.”
“I give up, who are you referring to?”
“Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.”
“He isn’t the tallest….”
“Don’t take words literally, when I say stood tall I meant stood out.”
“Fair enough but where, how?”
“Did you see the group photo of the leaders who attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Bishkek?”
“Yes Modi was wearing his signature clothes while all others, including our prime minister, were wearing a suit.”
“Ah but his suit was the only one that was light coloured, all the others were wearing a dark suit.”
“Don’t nitpick my friend – he stood out. And that’s the way the chocolate chip cookie crumbles.”
“You are being facetious.”
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