Partly Facetious: Ibad has been there for a long time

"So the army roundly ignored him."
"As it should have."
"And then Qadri began his face saving tactics."
"Indeed and two men allowed him to save face - governors Sindh and Punjab."
"See and you used to say governors are simply useless."
"Well Governor Sindh has been there for a long time - decades - I mean in terms of time served he can rival our army dictators and mind you many of our army dictators have had a decade or more."
"Indeed but he is there because of the MQM - the moment the MQM chief wants him out he is gone."
'Excuse me but I disagree - the MQM chief reportedly wanted him out last year but the PML-N chaps said they would only entertain him as governor otherwise they would appoint someone from their own party. But I agree if Altaf bhai really wants him out Ishratul Ibad will quietly resign irrespective of whether the federal government wants to appoint him as the governor or not."
"Good thing that otherwise Qadri would still be sitting on that plane..."
"Don't be silly, after nine hours in that plane Qadri began his face saving exercise..."
"Like Altaf bhai when he wanted someone else from his party as governor Qadri was between a rock and a hard place."
"Isn't that what politics at below the leadership level is all about?"
"Sorry?"
"The party leader can pretty much do what he wants and everyone else has to tow the line."
"Well the jiyalas have certainly accepted Benazir Bhutto's heirs and Nawaz Sharif is still alive so his hold over the party remains strong and he picks and chooses..."
"Right but Qadri has his tail between his legs now - the army ignored his demands and he got Pervez Elahi with two seats in the assembly to pick him up and with Governor Punjab who he praised...."
"Right but the tail is still wagging like crazy!"
"Don't be facetious."
"Phew am glad you did not ask me which animal's tail I was referring to."
"Oh dear you are suffering from foot in mouth disease like Saad Rafiq and Rana Sanaullah and Abid Sher Ali."
"Well the animal I was referring to couldn't be a lion, that the PML-N has a patent on, so how about a ferret?"
"Don't be facetious."