"Troika?"
"Well, these days Zardari, Gilani and Kiyani are referred to as the troika."
"Or guys with power!"
"Well, guys with decision-making authority in any case. So much for Musharraf, I say."
"Where did that has-been come in?"
"In his hey-day Musharraf was a one man show right? Now three guys are there to do what he did."
"Well, he did a lot of damage to this country. I mean from his war on terror because Bush's minion threatened that the US would bomb Pakistan out of existence...isn't that what Musharraf wrote in his book, to his handling or mishandling of the economy to the heavy handiness employed in Balochistan...?"
"Indeed he did, but any way now three people decide what must be done."
"But Zardari is the strongest amongst the three."
"Indeed, but even then I don't think that Zardari can take decisions unilaterally quite as blatantly as Musharraf did."
"The beauty of democracy..."
"Indeed. So the three met and discussed urgent matters during the weekend."
"Yes but last time the Presidency released a news story that the President met with Gilani to discuss weighty issues on a weekend the President was actually in Dubai."
"Ah, but then Kiyani didn't attend that non-meeting. You can get a Jiyala on board but not the Chief of Army Staff, if you know what I Mean."
"Don't be facetious - technically the COAS come under Zardari."
"There is a wide gulf between technical and actual in this country, especially where the army chief is concerned."
"You are right: Musharraf's nine-year misrule certainly taught us that."
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