“I would advise Mr Ji…”
“You got his name wrong – it’s Mr Xi and that’s not how the likes of you should address him – he is President Xi…”
“I wasn’t referring to him. I meant Ji as in Ji Hazoor and I guess the best translation I can think of is Yes Sir, though I am not sure that the English version encapsulates the servility of all the directives received in all possible tones – acquiescence, disdain, dismissal…”
“You couldn’t be referring to the Chief Minister of Punjab, the only one she listens to is daddy and that too after presenting him with alternate solutions and…”
“You are right.”
“Oh stop right there – I will have you know that our Prime Minister is a pragmatic man, and he is laying the groundwork for the resurgence of his brother’s party through development projects which are completed well before time…”
“Granted that this worked when he was chief minister of Punjab but…and no I am not going to say that to be an effective prime minister requires a different approach. Let me point out that change of leadership that is able and willing to change policies is what the people of the world want – take Germany, take UK, take France…take…”
“Shehbaz Sharif is not revolutionary by nature or instinct. Is there anyone around who is one?”
“Well, I would urge Talal Chaudhary to become a revolutionary – I would vote for him if he opens the gates in Blue Area that have been shut off for more than two months and…”
“That’s not in his terms of reference. By Mr Ji you weren’t referring to President Zardari were you! I would refer to it as a coup détat…”
“Hush, that is a not possible.”
“You should really let me finish my sentence. It was a coup launched by the Deputy Prime Minister who sent him on an official visit to Iraq of all places, and I didn’t see him in the picture so…”
“Don’t be facetious anyway when I said Mr Ji…”
“Couldn’t be Hamza Shehbaz Sharif could it – I mean he quietly bowed out of the political scene…”
“Time will tell what happens to him anyway, the Mr Ji I was referring to was none other than Miftah Ismail – didn’t he say Ji to Maryam Nawaz’s instructions on WhatsApp for all the world to see…”
“Yep, but these days he is criticizing the Sharifs one and all…”
“Understandable after he was removed to make place for Dar but I am seeing him on channels pontificating about economic policies that the government should follow.”
“If he is ever reappointed…”
“See once a Mr Ji always a Mr Ji.”
“But to a different drummer.”
“Right.”
Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
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