Partly Facetious: Asif's attack in assembly is also nothing new

"Change is in the air."
"I don't see the change. Granted that Altaf bhai has instructed his supporters to throw petals when the Khan arrives in Jinnah Ground, but one would assume this welcome was the outcome of his realisation that the politics of conflict may lose the MQM votes in the forthcoming NA-246 elections, you know negative politicking doesn't win anyone any votes and this has been seen time and again in various countries."
"Right, besides Nabeel Gabol, a man who was never ideologically and physically at par with the average MQM leader, won the seat with more than a 100,000 votes so there is no danger of losing the seat and..."
"I understand ideologically, but physically?"
"The Gabol weighs at least 35 to 40 pounds more than an average MQM leader."
"Don't be facetious. I mean it's not as if the MQM couldn't afford to feed the guy at their functions - OK, it raised the food bill significantly but the party is financially viable and..."
"Now who is being facetious - but that's not the change I was referring to."
"Khawaja Asif's verbal attack in the assembly is also nothing new if you know what I mean. Mian sahib continues with the politics of 1990s namely getting his B team to take on opposition leaders."
"A federal minister with two portfolios belongs to the B team?"
"Well, defence portfolio means little if any work - I think the army chief and the prime minister have a one to one equation though it did get the Khwaja the leadership of the mission to Saudi Arabia - a leadership role that he proudly announced in the assembly..."
"Oh, now I see why the guy doesn't work to improve the other portfolio he holds namely Water and Power. He has been trained to do nothing..."
"But sad to say while Pakistan did good work in evacuating those stuck in Yemen but the Indians went a step further - they sent a federal minister to accompany their planes arrival in Aden and..."
"Hey, our ministers don't like going to conflict areas."
"Hmmm, so Riyadh is not a conflict area."
"I know where you are going with this but anyway that wasn't the change I was referring to. I meant the Khan and his wife both went to Jinnah Ground and that's a new one."
"Kulsoom Nawaz and Tehmina Daultana..."
"Kulsoom Nawaz was in politics only as long as her husband was in jail and Tehmina Daultana for all the good work she is doing is not the wife of a party chairman if you know what I mean."
"I stand corrected."