Partly Facetious: Dog pound

ARTICLE: "So rains and pandemic and dog bites and...."

"Only in Karachi and Sindh...."

"If you are a member of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf but Islamabad has become a dog pound, I see strays on Constitution Avenue, there are dog pounds in the West...."

"No money for that, besides The Khan loves animals so learn to live with them, I am and still proud of being a PTI member."

"OK one question: what is going on today - from narrative to actions - is that any different from previous administrations? You have Pakistan Television funded by our tax money blanking out media talks by the opposition, you have only the government narrative on state media and foreign policy appears to be the same and..."

"In the arena of foreign relations you and I both know that there are some compulsions which The Khan wasn't aware of when he was in opposition but is now! I mean ethical foreign policy is not even in practice in the rich countries - they look at their own interests, they look at what they reckon their electoral support base would be happy with."

"But claiming credit for internationalizing the Kashmir issue..."

"I tell you one thing: God has been very kind to The Khan and that's because he is an honest man, married to a God fearing woman and..."

"Where did that come in?"

"The world doesn't know how the pandemic was contained because we did everything wrong, it reminded me of a play written by the famous English dramatist George Bernard Shaw titled Arms and the Man - a swashbuckling head of an army unit attacked the old way, charged on horse back, without considering that the other side could use firepower to annihilate their ranks as they charged but the other side's firepower was compromised...."

"Compromised?"

"Compromised since some one in procurement ordered expired ammunition and..."

"Ha ha anyway The Khan has negotiated with the independent power producers..."

"I agree, that's a great deal, but the problem is that it is not clear whether there will be a reduction in tariff today or whether this would contain the tariff rise in future..."

"I don't get it..."

"There will be political capital gained only if there is a reduction in tariffs."

"I see anyway The Khan has reached new heights as far as the 1990s politics is concerned."

"Political conflict is good for the country?"

"Hey it keeps us all busy and away from rising prices and unemployment and......"

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