PARTLY FACETIOUS: Talal Chaudhary a de jure sort of guy not de facto
“The Third Titan has not yet agreed to a meeting….”
“Who? The Man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless is accessible to members of the Executive and so…”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
“What? When you are in jail….”
“Some members of the Executive are more equal than others.”
“Right an amended quote from the Animal Farm!”
“Yes anyway no he is not one of the three….”
“Well Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif considers himself a Nawala, a long time loyalist of his brother Nawaz Sharif.”
“Right and I hope the brother appreciates this unwavering loyalty cause there are many others who are extremely critical….”
“Hey Talal Chaudhary is a de jure sort of guy not de facto.”
“Right ground realities matter to him but then there is the de facto guy, Saad Rafiq, who has supported the Maulana’s views rather than that of his long time mentor Nawaz Sharif.”
“Then there is Khawaja Asif who said that all policies are attributable to the Field Marshal.”
“Stop right there – he didn’t say that, he said that the gains are all attributable to him.”
“Hmmm I thought he was a die-hard Nawala rather than a die-hard Shehzada.”
“Shehzada as in Shehbaz Sharif’s acolyte?”
“Yes but for your information Khawaja sahib makes a formidable member of the Opposition but somehow as a member of the government his skills are kinda not that developed.”
“Right many of us suffer from that malaise – it is referred to as poweritis.”
“Don’t be facetious.”
“Right anyway when I referred to a possible meeting of the three I was referring to the Big Three Presidents –Xi, Putin and Trump.”
“Zardari sahib….”
“He is also a de jure kind of guy read the master of reconciliation.”
“And the three you mentioned are what? De facto?”
“Two are and I leave it to you to decide which two.”
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