Partly Facetious : Politics never ever leaves you

"My most poignant memory of the devastating 2006 earthquake..."

"The earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, with more than 80,000 fatalities in Pakistan alone, a much higher number were rendered homeless and don't forget towns were destroyed and..."

"Right, but my most poignant memory of the earthquake is that of a young homeless boy on television urging Uncle Musharraf to come and spend one night in the cold..."

"Ah, actually I remember that too."

"And my most poignant memory of the ongoing rampage by the coronavirus is..."

"Look politics never ever leaves someone who has been weaned on politics; and so the PPP leaders and The Khan's cabinet are hurling insults at each other for failing to take appropriate measures. The Khan himself was weaned on cricket and so..."

"He looks towards the umpire to take the final decision - whether a ball is in or out?"

"Don't be facetious, I know where you are going with this..."

"I am going nowhere with this! All I am saying is that while The Khan was not weaned on politics and he is the first member of his family to occupy the position of a party leader therefore he is more susceptible to advice from others - others like his spiritual guide, or a friend or his..."

"Didn't Zardari sahib have a spiritual guide who would advise him to either head for the hills (Islamabad) or the sea (Karachi) and by following his advice he completed his term as president, his party completed its five year term and..."

"Granted, but what I found a most poignant comment relating to the coronavirus was made by a Karachi doctor this Wednesday - he said I don't know how many people are dying of hunger..."

"And how many died of hunger when The Khan's economic managers engaged in contractionary policies nine months before the virus was first identified in the country and..."

"Right, but the doctor added that he is sure that people will die as The Khan opens up the country..."

"It's limited and..."

"It may be limited, but by opening some industries the others, including traders and shop keepers are threatening to open as well...and I heard the imams argued as to why The Khan opened the construction sector and not the mosques..."

"Asad Umar who has emerged as NID..."

"NID?"

"New Ishaq Dar, he heads all that is important, anyway he says the Sindh government should lock down where it feels it is necessary and maintains that the US has been unable to lock down with greater enforcement capacity than Pakistan..."

"I don't agree there, China has greater enforcement capacity not the US, I mean if we call the army to patrol..."

"That's a curfew, and that is not on the agenda yet."

"But if the numbers rise which The Khan team is predicting..."

"Hmmmmm."