Partly Facetious: Zardari using some other method?

"You know how much it costs us to have Zardari as our president?"
"Don't go there: Sherry Rehman is right. Parliamentary democracy has its own..."
"Parliamentary democracy also means that power should be exercised by the prime minister and not the president."
"That is Musharraf's fault...and he was supported by parliamentarians in that so, once again, I repeat what Sherry said with respect to parliamentary democracy..."
"Musharraf used a carrot and stick approach."
"And you think Zardari is using some other method?"
"I guess he is using carrot and stick too. But you know from where I am sitting he is using carrot and stick with opposition parties but he is using stick only against his own party members - especially the few who were close to his wife."
"I guess you are referring to Amin Fahim again?"
"Yes he reportedly didn't attend the in-camera session because his car was stopped at Margalla..."
"You think Rehman Malik had something to do with it and as we know he doesn't act without explicit instructions from his boss so one can assume that Zardari may have given the order to harass the Makhdooms."
"It doesn't matter what I think. The Makhdoom thinks so."
"Oh well so how much is Malik spending on his president's security?"
"Around 200 million dollars."
"Is that more or less than what was spent on Musharraf?"
"More I would imagine. Musharraf was living in the Army House and so the Jawans deployed around that house were already paid by the state."
"Maybe we should shift Zardari to Army House too once Musharraf vacates it."
"I would agree but then traffic jams would be horrendous, what with Gilani going on his daily yatra to see the President and the entire Cabinet going to him on a daily basis..."
"Oh well, so a status quo."
"Besides I am not sure Zardari will feel safe in Army House and Malik won't like that control going away from him."