PARTLY FACETIOUS: A die-hard Khanzadeh

"From one extreme position to another...."

"Hey that's not a u turn - that's changing with the changing times and experience and..."

"You don't have to defend The Khan's u- turns with me, I am a die- hard Khanzadeh however you may defend The Khan's defense of his u turns."

"I don't understand."

"The Khan defended his u turns by stating that he became a prime minister by taking u turns..."

"Indeed he did, otherwise he wouldn't have accepted many of the elected MNAs and MPAs into his party during elections and in his government after he won, and by the way U turns were taken by previous leaders as well. Zardari sahib took a u turn after he signed a document by stating it's not hadith, Nawaz Sharif uninvited Zardari sahib and..."

"I wish he had taken a u turn on Dar's appointment as the Finance Minister."

"Not likely it is the nature of their relationship."

"I see but you have to give The Khan full marks for not allowing relationships to dictate his actions....he got rid of Jehangir Tareen when he became a political liability though one would have hoped that he had gotten rid of those who are even a greater political liability than Tareen, I mean Tareen could cobble a government and he had an airplane which was handy and lots of money which was also extremely handy..."

"Hmm but that's because the Khan was never good in mathematics."

"Oh shush...but what I was talking about when I said from one extreme position to another was with reference to the Third Wife, our First Lady and..."

"Excuse me but after a few interviews soon after The Khan became the Prime Minister she has taken a back seat..."

"Not a back seat, she is not even in the car. Anyway for your information she is not the First Lady, in our country the first lady is the president's wife...."

"OK but when The Khan became the Prime Minister there was criticism that his wife presented the picture of Islamic fundamentalism with her purdah, and viola! Now everyone in the world is in purdah of sorts with the masks and I would like to say she was ahead of her time and..."

"Don't be facetious."

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