"So the lawyers are out again."
"Two of theirs were killed by the SHO who incidentally is in custody."
"Right and I consider this as yet another negative fallout of the reinstatement of Iftikhar Chaudhry (IC), former Chief Justice."
"Time can turn a hero into a villain."
"I wasn't aware of that proverb. I like the one which states that if you must play decide on three things at the start: rules of the game, the stakes and the quitting time."
"That's a good one - the quitting time is something that we simply are not trained or educated enough to consider as a nation. The lawyers were in the forefront of reinstate IC movement but once the guy was reinstated the lawyers wanted their pound of flesh to remain with them in reserve - anytime they like they hit at members of the lower judiciary, they threaten and need I add destroy public assets, cars and windows and the like, and hit policemen..."
"Right, if one of theirs has been killed by a policeman then the legal way forward is to register a case and..."
"Not enough in this country. Strike action is the only action that gets government attention and peaceful strike action doesn't get any attention at all - you have to break a few cars, destroy a few buildings, beat up a few police...yes, yes I know what you are going to say: that the police is politicised and that the Punjab police in particular is in the lead with respect to violence, think Model Town tragedy, and the Sindh government enamoured of the Punjab police has begun to use batons to bring the recalcitrant media in line and..."
"Don't confuse politics with policing - Mirza's case is one of politics though if Zardari sahib had continued to ignore the chap he would have been unable to sustain media time and..."
"Sad that! There is a need I reckon to arrest lawyers who were captured on television doing a Gullu Butt on public property to ensure that this does not happen again..."
"Don't think the government is strong enough..."
"Not even in Punjab?"
"Not even, and did you hear that failure to protect policemen is one aspect of PML-N governance but failure to provide security to our Hazara brethren in Quetta is leading to their militarization - they are training to protect themselves and this makes you think of which political party?"
"Ah yes indeed."