"I am confused."
"Why? I thought everything was becoming clear."
"Well, is the government supporting the revocation of Geo licence or isn't it?"
"You are so black and white my friend, the government is operating in a grey zone."
"How come? I see the Ministry of Defence under the able leadership of Khwaja Asif, sending off a complaint to Pemra against a media house - need I add The Khwaja has done so well with the Water and Power Ministry that the Prime Minister decided to give him an additional portfolio and once he got it he then systematically proceeded to alienate the armed forces..."
"Well, there the Khwaja has taken a backseat to the Sher (lion)."
"Only this sher, and I assume you are referring to Abid Sher Ali, has had his teeth surgically removed and all he can do is roar and I say this based on load shedding..."
"I guess I would have to agree but you know the Khwaja did forward the ISI complaint to Pemra and its not his fault that there is no Pemra chief, and the government representatives in Pemra recused themselves from attending a meeting which only five out of 12 attended and decided to revoke the license and later Pemra said the decision was illegal."
"Hey, by recusing themselves they have protected their jobs, they haven't alienated the government and they haven't alienated the complainant."
"In your dreams - the complainant may be silent but reports indicate..."
"Let's leave that be, the fact is that you are looking at it in black and white and as I said the government is operating in the grey area - it wants the controversy to die down, it doesn't want the media group to be closed, and Pervez Rashid reportedly went to talk to the owner of the media group in Dubai which is inexplicable. I mean there are phones..."
"And before you come up with other modern means of easy communication like Skype let me tell you that the PML-N is a party that remains mired in 1999 when it was ousted from power - look at Dar's economic policies, look at the party's reliance on electronic as opposed to social media, so Rashid had to actually physically take a flight and discuss the terms."
"I guess and what about the chairmanship of PCB? Why not appoint someone like Imran Khan?"
"Ha ha ha, as I said it's not black and white - it's all grey out there in our politics."
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