Partly Facetious : It's hard to forgive, forget

13 Mar, 2020

"So physical presence is the most potent element in politics and..."

"You do realize that modern technology, cheap and very effective, has been used by many a politician in absentia to address his or her supporters."

"That's true and need I remind you the practice of addressing one's supporters in absentia in Pakistan - be they in thousands or a select number - was first introduced by the man who is now a persona non grata......"

"Indeed but the thousands who came to listen to his speeches were scared that if they don't, they would be..."

"Whatever the reason the fact remains that modern technology makes it easy to address crowds thousands of miles away and many of our politicians have imitated the pioneer - if I recall correctly Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and The Khan have on occasion used the electronic medium to address...."

"How can The Khan's name be after BBZ's? I mean get some perspective!"

"Sorry I didn't mean any disrespect."

"It's hard to forgive and forget, you need to take some appropriate measures that would reflect your unreserved contriteness...."

"Agreed but my point was why is Shahbaz Sharif's presence in the country as leader of the opposition necessary while..."

"Oh now I see where this is going, but the call has reportedly gone from the PML(N) B-team...."

"The B-team that does not realize it is a B-team; the A-team members are the Sharifzadehs alone and..."

"I take exception to your comment - you refer to Khanzadehs as The Khan's die-hard supporters and you refer to Sharifzadehs as members of the Sharif family."

"That's the new Pakistan where family politics is out and out."

"What about the Pakpattan..."

"Stop it, learn to respect your betters - besides going back to what I said earlier I used the word Sharifzadehs as that is a term that is specific family member neutral in terms of who is actually the prime minister in waiting and we all don't know how long is the wait..."

"It could be never."

"There you go."

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