Partly Facetious : Who defines national interest?

"Have lessons been learned?"

"I can't think of any example."

"Don't be such a toad, The Khan has learned that foreign policy is rarely moral, and the head of government defines national interest as and when he takes a decision that maybe at odds with a policy that is morally right if you know what I mean."

"Kashmir?"

"I don't think there were many lessons to be learned for Pakistan on that count, the lessons have to be learned by Modi but he is flush with a massive electoral victory so..."

"Hmmm, and here is The Khan with coalition partners, much ridiculed and aligned in the past, without which he could not form a government in either the centre or Punjab and..."

"The Khan is relying on the next elections' results where he reckons he will sweep the polls..."

"Don't be facetious; anyway, going back to the foreign policy not being moral true The Khan learned a lesson because reports indicated that neither China nor Saudi Arabia were happy when he proudly proclaimed loan inflows from them and..."

"What was the point of telling Erdogan and Mahathir what exactly was said by the Saudi Crown prince with respect to the Kuala Lumpur summit?"

"Hey, The Khan is an honest man, you tell him something he is gonna share it with his friends..."

"Foreign leaders are not his friends."

"I don't know about that, the Saudis gave sanctuary to the Sharif family and..."

"You know what I meant."

"Anyway The Khan's economic team leaders are strutting about claiming victory and you know what that reminds me of?"

"All of the previous finance ministers and Hafeez Sheikh is a previous and a current one and..."

"Yep, the history of political u-turns through perhaps engineering or perception of self interest displayed by nearly all our elected leaders during their careers......"

"Barring the leaders of the party or family members!"

"And a handful of others, you have Jehangir Tareen, wait, no he was with Musharraf, Razzak Dawood...wait..."

"You are being facetious, but there is one man who has been loyal to the party through thick and thin and he is out in the boondocks and that man is Chaudhry Nisar."

"His mistake: thinking a party was a party rather than a fiefdom."

"It's all Shahbaz Sharif's fault - the guy would mend fences between his party leader and Chaudhry Nisar and..."

"I guess you attack the First Man's children, and that too his favourite child, and that's it!"

"True."