“I heard our GPS called Tom Taraba.” “Remind me who GPS is and who in the world is Tom Taraba?” “GPS is our Greedy for Portfolios Samdhi, as long as Nawaz Sharif is the de facto, de jure or any other de whatever you can think of, is the Kingmaker…”
“Wait, stop? Did you say Kingmaker? I was under the impression that…”
“Let’s not go there. Anyway, you asked who Tom Taraba was? Can you guess?”
“He is not a mythical god of all lower ranked Samdhis?”
“Don’t be facetious my friend. He is…”
“Is he the mythical god of deputy prime ministers?”
“Well you are close, he is the deputy prime minister of Slovakia and if you recall the prime minister of Slovakia was shot Wednesday though he has survived but is still in critical condition.”
“Right, so what did GPS say to Tom Taraba? Commiserate or…or…or…”
“Don’t go there please, anyway he merely asked him if he was ready to take on the top job till the prime minister recovered.”
“Slovakia has a president too right. Now, I am not sure of what their constitution states, but I don’t think Zardari sahib will be amenable to the idea of GPS taking over in the event that Shehbaz Sharif is not available.”
“If Nawaz Sharif so decrees…”
“Excuse me, but you are aware that Nawaz Sharif is struggling to give GPS as many portfolios as he wants because of the small matter of the plunge in his popularity.”
“Oh well, that would depend on God’s will. Anyway, as they say behind every successful man there is a woman and The Man Who Shall Remain Nameless is not unique in this regard.”
“I would amend the proverb to fit his case, which need I add is one of a kind in this world - behind every successful man there is a pirni (spiritual guide).”
“Why is that unique to The Man who Shall Remain Nameless? Zardari sahib and Nawaz Sharif and other heads of our government visit their pirs regularly though granted the pirs I heard of are all male…”
“Because I don’t think any other head of a political party in this world ever married a pirni.”
“Right anyway, she has done Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN) proud – maybe she is currently resident in the same cell as NMN and NMN’s aura is still strong there and gave her the inspiration….”
“You are referring to a notification signed by Omar Ayub Khan on the party’s letter head that Mashal Yousafzai is the pirni’s spokeswoman!”
“Well, it may be the first step in the NMN direction.”
“Don’t think it would progress any further – it was a very small price for family peace, I would say.”
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