ARTICLE: "OK, so the Khan is the captain of his cricket team but I thought a team had eleven players plus perhaps a bunch of reserves and SS as in Some Selected office holders of the Cricket Board while The Khan has 50 members in his team today..."
"Sorry to interrupt, but I would like to point out to The Khan that he replaced the top SS man - the Man Who Shall Remain Nameless exited while Ehsan Mani entered, but the Prime Minister remains incharge and if anyone else becomes the Prime Minister it won't take him or her one second to replace Mani with..."
"God forbid! Anyway I hope you realize that the Captain of the cricket team can recommend but not be in a position to select the team members."
"Don't be facetious."
"The outfielder is Fawad Chaudhry, and you have to give him credit - technically he is an outfielder because Science and Technology Minister is irrelevant in the scheme of things..."
"I wouldn't say so, Dr Sania Nishtar held this position for a couple of months in 2013 and look at her today, then Swati sahib has occupied the position twice though never for five years..."
"Dr Nishtar is highly educated and competent and just because Swati sahib doesn't want any one's cows in his garden..."
"The issue was not the cows but the cow owners!"
"Alright, anyway who is the wicket keeper for The Khan?"
"Jehangir Tareen and I hear his replacement has not been decided."
"Hmmm, it can't be Shah Mahmud or Asad Umar because these guys don't know how to lure malcontents back which may require the use of own resources..."
"Malik Riaz..."
"Works from the outside not the inside but I reckon if you have a good first slip..."
"Hey first slip faces the batter, in Pakistan what you need is a good wicket keeper if you know what I mean because most of the attacks are from behind and not the front."
"So who is first slip?"
"Well, it isn't Sheikh Rashid, he is sitting amongst the spectators, then there is Pervez Khattak and his effectivity is limited to KPK, Omar Ayub Khan..."
"He is in reserve position as are all the others who have served in other cabinets including Ijaz Shah, Ghulam Sarwar, Khusro Bakhtiar, Farogh Naseem..."
"Yep the list is exhaustive."
"But they have their uses."
"Like what?"
"Like they know what to say to make their leader happy while these so called ideological members are the pits, more headache than..."
"But useful during an re-election bid."
"That's still a ways away."
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