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"So how would you define being personal."
"By who?"
"Personal is personal, it doesn't matter who is being personal!"
"I disagree. If you belong to that ubiquitous group referred to as the common man or as the Americans put it so succinctly Joe Public then your reaction to any charge would depend on your personality and cash in hand. For example if someone accuses you of being a thief then you may opt to shrug it off especially if you have no money to take legal action..."
"Two things: Joe Public is also the name of a pop group so am not sure whether..."
"Don't be facetious."
"And second referring to Joe Public as the common man in Pakistan can bring the religious wrath of Maulana Diesel on you, I mean he may legitimately think that you are a Khan supporter because you are referring to a farangi name (translate it to mean Western decadent name) and to add insult to his sensibilities you sing and dance with the Khan which is so not Islamic therefore personal comment is justified and..."
"Like dancing with the wolves... Ok, I admit I am being facetious so how do you define being personal if you are a politician."
"It differs for different politicians. For Dar pointing out that he turned state approver against his leader Nawaz Sharif is being personal. For Chaudhry Nisar saying Go Nawaz Go is personal, for Ayaz Sadiq insisting on opening his constituency for a recount is being personal, for Imran Khan mentioning Sita White and her child's paternity outside wedlock is being personal."
"I personally would define being personal as referring to something that does not impact on an individual politician's performance in office as well as the public he/she seeks to serve."
"First of all, rhetorical commitment to serve and performance are two different things."
"Don't get personal. The wild oats sown by any one when young and a star do not determine one's performance as a politician; sowing wild oats after being elected is fair game, even Clinton found that out! Robbing the exchequer or engaging in corruption or nepotism does impact on us the Ahmed Public."
"Ahmed Public - is that the most common name in this country."
"Well, it isn't Nawaz or Shahbaz."
"Can't resist making a political statement can you?"
"I apologise, but now do you know why the PPP and the PML-N did not take out the sadiq (and I am not referring to Ayaz Sadiq here) and ameen clause from the constitution - it kind of comes in handy."
"You are being facetious today!"

Copyright Business Recorder, 2014

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