Partly Facetious: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh chief ministers not party leaders

"So who is the very most influential Pakistani ever?"
"Depends on what you mean by influential."
"I would have thought it's pretty clear."
"No, it isn't. The most influential Pakistani who can get the federal bureaucracy up and running is the prime minister and at the provincial level one would assume it is the provincial chief minister."
"I disagree, first the chief ministers of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are not leaders of their party and their decisions are not always final, if you know what I mean."
"I agree, Zardari and Imran Khan are pulling their puppets strings but they have set a good precedence isn't it. If you recall at one time Nawaz Sharif opted to be the chief minister rather than sit in an assembly where Benazir Bhutto was the leader of the house."
"I don't think that would ever happen again."
"Of course not Benazir Bhutto was assassinated and..."
"Don't be facetious, I meant that now Punjab belongs to his younger brother and Nawaz Sharif would rather be out of the National assembly than sit as leader of the opposition."
"Be fair, the guy wasn't allowed to contest if you recall."
"But still..."
"Anyway, I am not sure the chief executive and chief ministers are influential I mean they cant fire anyone at will but they can appoint advisors though that too is subject to anyone filing a petition in a court of law."
"Oh I see what you mean, OK, so I define influential outside the country."
"That's no longer Imran Khan though he does get to hobnob with the British monarchy."
"The British monarchy has no power."
"But a lot of money and a lot of presence in the world media."
"I guess the Pakistani who has most influence abroad is our prime minister, no wait is it Kayani the chief of army staff?"
"Nope, it is Malala, she got to meet Obama and it was Obama who wanted the photo opportunity."
"But..."
"You surely don't think Malala asked for an appointment."
"Oh I see what you mean, and here was our entire foreign office seeking a meeting with Obama for the prime minister and got a date this October."
"Right and Malala urged Obama to stop drone strikes and that got world wide coverage."
"I don't understand why Malala is not made a special Pakistani ambassador seeking assistance for women's education?"
"I would imagine no one in the PML-N has thought of it but the party must act, Malala maybe hijacked..."
"Hey, this government has still to make many key appointments so wait your turn..."