Partly Facetious: Long live the King of Saudi Arabia
"The King of Saudi Arabia is dead, long live the King of Saudi Arabia."
"I thought that was a typical Anglo-Saxon call dating back a century or so; and perhaps not applicable in this instance, I mean in the West kings are now either redundant with their powers exercised by the elected government or their office abolished. Neither is the case in Saudi Arabia."
"Well, I would like to make two points - first and foremost he was a friend to Pakistan in general and the Sharif family in particular..."
"How can you say that? The Saudis were friends of Pakistan and the basis of the Sharif family's friendship with the Saudis was Pakistan. I mean the 1.5 billion dollars was gifted to the country and not to the Sharif family if you know what I mean."
"Yep, but the Saudis saved the Sharif family from the wrath of Musharraf..."
"And perhaps is now saving Musharraf from the wrath of the Sharifs."
"Not true really, but anyway what goes round comes around."
"What?"
"The world and its administration follow a circle..."
"Such literal translations!"
"Well, what I was thinking of is that as Imran Khan is in Saudi Arabia and perhaps Nawaz Sharif would attend the funeral of the late King then perhaps the two can meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss..."
"I am amazed at how naive you are! Nawaz Sharif is not going to hobnob with the likes of the Khan in Saudi Arabia! He would rather meet other world leaders and the Saudi family members; besides its not as if the Judicial Commission is going to ever be set up leave alone under terms of reference that would render it toothless and..."
"So, really the Khan has to put up or shut up."
"Well, he shut up when he said he would focus on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from now on and I would not refer to his statement that he is not giving up on the judicial commission as putting up."
"Well, he did say that!"
"Right, but it was more a whimper..."
"The Khan does not whimper."
"The Khan didn't use to perform umra either."
"Don't be facetious."
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