"So who won round one?"
"If you are referring to the Panama Papers then it's not round one but round 10 at least. The leaks were on 3 April and it's been more than a month so not round one my friend."
"OK, so who won the latest round?"
"Opinion is divided - the Nawalas..."
"I would suggest Main sahib to say in the advertisements My Name is Sharif, Nawaz Sharif, you know like in the James Bond movies..."
"You have to come up with a more generic statement, you know like my name is Sharif, The Sharif, oh wait that would not even be applicable on all members of the First Family, I mean it would work when Mian sahib says my name is Sharif, The Sharif, but it won't work for his daughter: my name is Maryam, Maryam Nawaz... Nope, that simply won't work!"
"It works for my name is Shahbaz, Shahbaz Sharif."
"Oh you are so bad. But anyway I was referring to the royal companions and let me emphasize that the Nawalas believe they have won the last round - they shut up the Khan on a day of reckoning when Mian sahib was present in the assembly..."
"I saw the three most ardent nawalas - Dar and the two Khawajas - engage in conversation with Naveed Qamar and Khursheed Shah before the start of the session on a day of reckoning and the family Khawaja publicly stated later that the opposition had assured them that there would be a walkout so no heckling, no making Mian sahib sweat, no..."
"I disagree, it was not the day of reckoning but the day of reconciliation politics, files are available with the government, files that give leverage to all when in government..."
"That is true and don't forget the MQM is out whatever justification the party may give and the Maulana is out though he was not present in the assembly on a day of reckoning..."
"Don't be facetious anyway the fact of the matter is that the focus of the media has shifted away from the anomalies in the First Family's statements including the Prime Minister's towards whether the opposition did right by simply leaving the hall."
"From what I know of Pakistani politics a leader of the house would prefer no heckling and not give two hoots about whether the opposition stays or leaves the hall... if I remember correctly the PML-N used to deliver a quiet opposition-less house when PPP was in power and when Zardari sahib was scheduled to speak."
"That's right so technically whatever the number of the round it wasn't a knockout."
"It was a technical knockout; and for those who said the opposition by its walkout disabled the government from using the parliament as a forum on the issue later have been proved wrong: the parliamentary committee would now seek to investigate - a committee that would have more nawalas than any other party by dint of its strength in parliament, would have to go through government entities to get information and would not give binding recommendations."
"But then the technical knockout could become controversial."
"And that is a victory in our politics."
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