ARTICLE: "So a runaway bride I reckon."

"For your information a bride is defined as someone on her wedding day or a little after or a little before..."

"How little?"

"Weeks, not months, and certainly not years."

"And what if the bride retains the happiness of the early days - you know her husband listens to all her recommendations and..."

"I hope you are not referring to..."

"Before you say anything indiscreet, let me inform you that by runaway bride I did not mean a bride that has actually run away but was using the word metaphorically..."

"I wasn't aware that you can use the word bride metaphorically!"

"You can use any word metaphorically if you are so minded; a cancer survivor may in metaphorical terms mean not being able to go to National Accountability Bureau office when summoned while it could also mean a coward..."

"Ha ha, that's true, but who or what were you referring to as runaway bride? Wait I think I got it, the spread of Corona that, and I never ever thought that I would ever say this, has proved that the Zardari led Sindh government was more right than The Khan led administration..."

"Hmmm, and what about retrenchment plan of the Pakistan Steel Mills? Doesn't that qualify as a runaway bride because even after a little less than two years, there has been no plan to improve its performance and the latest information is retrenchment and..."

"Ha ha, but that is a U-turn, not a runaway bride."

"It's a runaway bride and the bride is Asad Umar who promised..."

"To use your metaphor The Khan divorced Umar last year and appointed Hafeez Sheikh who as we know is a supporter of privatization and..."

"The Khan was already married at the time!"

"Don't be facetious, besides in Islam more than one wife at a time is allowed."

"So who was the second wife? Bushra bibi is the third wife. And..."

"Jehangir Tareen who was given his marching papers recently. You know I always say it's the first divorce that one hesitates over, all subsequent divorces are easy peasy..."

"Don't be facetious."