Partly Facetious : The proverbial 'same page'

"What is the origin of being on the same page?"

"Since The Khan took over as the country's Prime Minister, he has had a singular relationship with all institutions and..."

"Singular as in one, or singular as in remarkable?"

"Singular as in remarkable."

"Then you need to narrow your definition, I mean The Khan has used some choice words against the institution of the bureaucracy that owes allegiance to the Sharifs as the Sharifs were in power for ten years and..."

"And yet he has accused National Accountability Bureau of having a go at the bureaucrats which he claims accounts for poor governance!"

"And that's not a U-turn that's a 360 degree turnaround - you know the macro picture which looks different from different angles!"

"Like his economic team leaders Dr Hafeez Sheikh and Dr Reza Baqir have a view of what they are doing and its consequences which are in marked contrast to other economists..."

"Hey, the operative phrase here is lesser, much lesser economists."

"Ah indeed, the vagaries of being in power!"

"I don't think either of the economic team leaders are in power as such - they draw their power from another."

"Agreed...anyway being on the same page is an idiom which is attributed to choral singing when all the singers need to be on the same page..."

"We don't have that concept in Islam. I mean even our qawwali singers (spiritual singing) do not always synchronize with the main singer and..."

"Don't be facetious. Anyway there are some who claim that the source of this idiom, i.e. being on the same page is attributable to class rooms or business meetings when all have to be reading from the same page in the document."

"So what do you reckon, is everyone in our class room on the same page?"

"They are in the cabinet - no one challenges the decisions taken by The Khan."

"What about The Khan and another institution?"

"They are on the same page. As you and I have noted recently The Khan has not launched a virulent verbal attack against the members of the opposition whose support is needed for the passage of legislation and particularly for a constitutional amendment..."

"Indeed, but each day that passes The Khan is creeping ever closer into a full scale, read name calling, frontal attack and..."

"Hey, he is exercising restraint, and wait and see how long he succeeds in restraining himself."

"I reckon another week if that."

"Don't be facetious."